As usual, =Tar-Vanimelde and I are up to no good. As our last hurrah before she goes travelling the world, we decided to get together and knit nautiloids. Why? Because who wouldn't want a Paleozoic cephalopod? After a night of knitting nautiloids, Lari informed me that I was not allowed to knit my nautiloid without her. I was forced to find an alternate knitting project.

I settled on a pair of twinkletoes for my madre, seeing as Mother's Day is right around the corner. Meanwhile, Lari set about knitting a uterus. We went to the yarn store and picked out some yarn in a great cotton blend for our respective projects, hers in pink and mine in taupe. They had mislabeled the price. Lari let her hormones do the talking and managed to get our yarn for just about half of what it normally costs. Lari looked up the uterus pattern on knitty.com, which incidentally is fantastic. Anyone who knits and wants great contemporary patterns would love this site. Anyway, the pattern calls for size 8 double pointed knitting needles, which Lari doesn't have, so she just used what she had, needles that are probably a size 5. They're a few millimeters smaller, nothing too bad.

Today Lari came over and said, "Which do you want to see first: the tiny uterus or a nautiloid with only two tentacles?" Giddy with excitement, I chose the uterus. She whipped it out of her bag, and -- I never thought I'd say this -- it is just about the cutest thing I have ever seen. It's complete with a cervix and Fallopian tubes. I love it! It's just about actual size, in fact. Or maybe travel size, for those times when you just need to leave your big uterus at home.

Lari also showed off her slightly-demented nautiloid. It's cute as can be, much better than mine, in fact. It just, well, it looks like a deprived snail. They're both mollusks, so at least she wasn't too far off, phylogenetically speaking. Now I can only imagine what mine is going to look like. (Am I allowed to knit it without you, Lari??)

I love the thought of a couch where the decorative pillows include a uterus and a nautiloid! Or a nice stuffed uterus adorning a well-made bed. What could be better than that? However, I am of the opinion that the little uterus is too good to sit at home, PMSing all by its lonesome. I suggested Lari take it with her in her travels, and even let it look out the window on her flights around the world. That way it will be a womb with a view.