Call me an old-fashioned granny, but I do love knitting. I'm not very good (getting better), and what I can knit is limited to hats, mittens, scarves, and the obligatory pot holder. So I think that knitting this complicated and grotesque teratoma is still a bit beyond my skill level......wait!?! A teratoma.....knitted?! Yes, its true, and if you start now, it may be finished by Halloween.
Is that a teratoma or are you just happy to see me?
The word teratoma roughly means "monstrous tumor," and is a germ cell tumor which has some mature differentiated tissue types which are usually very out-of-place, and occasionally teeth, jaws, eyeballs and hands. They are an interesting and rare medical oddity. I won't include any pictures (they're a bit gross), but you can do an image search on 'teratoma' if you'd like to learn more about them.
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Shelley, you're an old fashioned granny.
Posted by: Mo | September 21, 2007 8:21 AM
You need to get out more...
But seriously - cool. Funny, but cool.
Posted by: J-Dog | September 21, 2007 10:05 AM
Mo, yes I am, and J-Dog, yes I do. :)
Posted by: Shelley Batts | September 21, 2007 10:29 AM
Wow, so a teratoma is a kind of hideous pinata. Who knew?
Posted by: Warren | September 21, 2007 10:54 AM
Don't worry - there's nothing wrong with being old-fashioned.
P.S. Are you ever going to link to my new blog?
Posted by: Mo | September 21, 2007 11:13 AM
I mean the link in your blogroll.
Posted by: Mo | September 21, 2007 11:14 AM
Hello Shelley,
Maybe you can write on the cognitive neuroscience of knitting...there must be a reason why so many adult women (plus you) get hooked to it!
Posted by: Alvaro | September 21, 2007 12:22 PM
Best argument in favor of taking up knitting I've ever heard.
Awesome.
Posted by: Becca | September 21, 2007 2:47 PM
wow! i've done the now famous dna scarf, and i just finished a baby blanket, but i've never done anything that cool or creative. time to start digging through the yarn stash again.
Posted by: knobody | September 23, 2007 10:51 PM
Wow, that's amazing... and brilliant!
Posted by: Grace | September 28, 2007 3:31 PM
Very cool. A friend mentioned this to me today. Same friend made a knitted DNA (http://kimberlychapman.com/crafts/knit-patterns-dna.html) for another friend of ours who was completing his PhD.
Posted by: Ambrielle | October 13, 2007 3:56 PM
http://digitalcuttlefish.blogspot.com/2007/12/teratoma-or-knit-me-sister.html
Posted by: Cuttlefish | December 4, 2007 3:19 PM
Completely amazing. I love teratomas! Them hands and feet are just adorable, sooo cute!
Posted by: björn | February 13, 2008 6:43 PM
Best argument in favor of taking up knitting I've ever heard.
Awesome.
Posted by: muhabbet | February 23, 2008 3:35 AM