You may be thinking "Is that....is that really a knit version of a uterus, hanging on a yarn swift, in front of a Christmas tree, almost halfway through January?!?!"
Yes, yes it is. I call "her" Womb-y.
This little bit of knitting was inspired by a friend and anyone who has a love hate relationship with their reproductive systems. The pattern cracked me up from the first time I saw it. The fallopian tubes are posable. Unfortunately, implementing the ability to pose them was surprisingly difficult.
The pattern calls for pipe cleaners to be inserted from the bottom of the completed fallopian tube to the "ovaries" (the little curly bits). I tried for days to get wire up into the tube, then pipe cleaner. I tried all sorts of ways. It felt like I was performing a Fallopian Tube Recanalization, a procedure that attempts to evaluate and open the fallopian tubes. The wire and pipe cleaners bent trying to get past whatever was blocking the tubes. Finally, I resorted to tying a thin string around a the loop at the top of the wire and then tying that to a tapestry needle and threading the tapestry up through the tube. After it was all the way in the tube, I yanked and, brute force, pulled the wire through the obstruction. It's not perfect, but it's in there!
Notes for next time include, definitely using pipe cleaners, they seem less poke-y and slightly safer than regular 20 gauge wire. Also, I'm going to take the time to knit around the pipe cleaner (similar to what is done in the Flying Spaghetti Monster pattern) so that I don't have to worry about trying to shove the stupid thing in later.
"Did she say next time?!"
Oh yes, there will be another womb-y made. Count on it! Though, I hope to have the tree down before that one is finished, but I'm not making any promises.
1 comment:
I love this pattern! I've never made it myself, but he ones I've seen are priceless. Yours looks great!
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