Biology for the squeamish

May I never cease to be amazed at what some people will knit.

Check this out.

And you thought knitted plagues were odd

A quick detour down memory lane.  Remember the knitted plagues?

Well now, there's knotted food.

Thanks to Oddity Central for this one. 

Those of you who like to wander on the weird side may like to check out a few of the other pics on the blog.

Shower of frogs

What would you think if confronted with the statement:

"Bet you've always felt like there was something missing in your shower routine"?

Of course, you'd think Frogs.

Apparently, according to this website, all you need is one of these:

Once more with the plagues.

Passover may have passed over for 2011.

But really any time of year is a good time of year to introduce your 3 year old to the concept of plagues.

Bag of Plagues.

Apparently it's a  "fun and educational way to involve children in the Passover experience".

Includes:

1 red disc for BLOOD

1 frog for FROGS

1 small black bug for LICE

1 lion finger puppet for WILD ANIMALS

1 cow mask for CATTLE PLAGUE

1 sticky hand with white dots for BOILS

1 plastic ice cube with red crystals for HAIL

1 large green locust for LOCUSTS

1 pair of sunglasses for DARKNESS

1 - 12 pc. puzzle for DEATH OF FIRSTBORN

Ages 3 and up

 

What can I say?

A farewell to plagues

For those of you who know your plagues, you may well have been wondering about how you knit the penultimate plague - Darkness.

Well, it's like this:

Cool, huh?

And a first-born child ...

concludes our knitted summary of the plagues of Egypt.

There may be a quiz at the end of the month - so study hard.

At last - a sustainable plague

Trends in plagues come and go. 

But there's one plague that you can pretty much rely on year in, year out.

And it's a worldwide favourite too.

Just as popular here in Australia as it was in Egypt a few thousand years back.

That's right.

LOCUSTS.

Of course, these days they are known as Sky Prawns.

And apparently tasty recipes abound.

Any takers?

All hail

Plague number seven is "Hail".

I love that it comes with its own black cloud.

More plaguey things

Plague 5: Pestilence.

Also known as cattle blight.

Which in knitted form, looks like this:

Me? I would have said that was a blighted horse.

But what would I know.

Plague 6: Boils.

The less said the better really.

But yes, they too can be knitted.

Eeuuwww.

You beast!

Still on the plague theme, we present Plague No. 4.

Wild beasts!

Imagine the Egyptian terror as hordes of these come thundering across the desert.

Perhaps they could be deployed in Libya to help out?

One, two, three, Plague, two, three

This blog believes that the lives of its readers will be improved if they have a thorough knowledge of the plagues of Egypt (just quite how this is expected to improve your life is a matter for discussion at another time).

Plague two - the frogs - you know about.

Naturally.

Plague three is special.

Gnats.

Or in some translations: LICE.

Nice.

Here's the knitted version of the plague of lice.

I'm hoping that one of the benefits of being temporarily bald is that there's no chance of being afflicted with this particular plague.

Small mercies - we should be grateful for them.

Knit one, purl one, plague one

First plague: blood.

I wonder if she has a pattern for bone marrow?

The weird bit

Yesterday's frog was actually knitted by Leslie from Philadelphia to represent the plague of frogs.

But that's not all she knit.

Oh no.

Leslie knitted ALL the plagues.

Stay tuned for more exciting plague-knit updates.

Will no one rid me of this plague of ...

At this blog, we know about plagues of frogs.

En masse, they look like this:

Inidividually, they might look more like this:

Or this:

Yep. That's a knitted (and then felted) frog. 

And what's more, it's knitted specifically to look like an Origami frog.

Oh yeah.

But believe me, that's not the weird bit.

Tomorrow: the weird bit.

Modern day plagues

As the frogs' tour of PNG comes to a close, they get into the spirit of plague-ing.

After one last mini-bar extravaganza they trash the kitchen*.

And then hurry into the shower,

before lurking near the door

trying to look innocent and hoping house-keeping will not blame them for the mess.

 

*Note to Darcy: Banana, tomato paste, flour and biscuits. Shudder.

Let this be a warning to you - alcohol does not generally lead to rational decision making.

And drunken frogs should not be allowed to make up recipe challenges.

...and continues

The Nile will teem with frogs.

...houses ...beds...ovens... kneading troughs... yada, yada, yada...

The frogs will go up on you...

and your people...

and all your officials.

 

The Plague of Frogs continues

The Nile will teem with frogs.

They will come up into your palace and your bedroom ...

 and onto your bed...

 ...into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens...

and kneading troughs.*

 *which this blog interprets to signify all bread making processes.

But seriously.Kneading troughs? 

A vessel in which dough, after being mixed and leavened, was left to swell or ferment.

Who knew?

Lo, I am smiting all thy border with frogs

This blog has previously touched on the role of frogs in the old testament and, in a seperate post, in Egypt.

Now, we bring the two together with a little excerpt from the book of Exodus, Chapter 8.

(Alternatively you can check out this Exodus. Sadly, Marley doesn't seem to pick up on the frog connection on the album. I guess 'frog' doesn't scan quite as well as 'buffalo').

The gist of the story is that God tells Moses to tell Pharaoh to let his people go or else.

‘Oh yeah? Or else what?’ says Pharaoh.

Answer: I will plague your whole country with frogs.

(Elesina at flickr - love your work).