wisdom in a box
Dating the son of a dentist doesn't sound exciting or terribly interesting, but somehow I picked the one that keeps supplying me with blog and party stories to no end. Case in point? Before xmas I got a call from the dentist telling me how my tooth was apparently on a tour and everyone was so interested in it (way to make me feel like a freak!). This confused and annoyed me, what the hell was my tooth doing with other people? Hell, why is it even still around? Nevermind that, what really got me was what he said next: "I made you something for xmas!" My response? "It's not a necklace is it?!" I didn't know what to expect. I already hated this tooth for causing me four hours of pain and torture, now I have to wear it like my personal albatross? How do you even match your outfits to a tooth? Maybe it's cool for Angelina to wear a vial of blood around her neck, but I didn't want to go there. (Once you start wearing your teeth as accessories, you need to dress differently, get new friends, get a whole new lifestyle really. That's just too much work for me right now.)
Thankfully, it wasn't a necklace. Instead, I got my tooth back in a weird form of a memento mori (or would it be memento denti?). Maybe he failed to understand that I didn't want my tooth back, I mean if I wanted to keep it then I wouldn't have gone through surgery, right? Anyway, now I have a visual tool for my story of torture, I think it makes it very climatic when I whip this out at the part I say "and after hours of not budging..."
Actually looking at this tooth makes me wonder if it held some sort of magical power that I now lack. I haven't felt like myself since the extraction, my knitting is taking longer, my blogging has taken a nose-dive, and don't even mention housework. Sure, I could blame all of it on work, but no I think it's the tooth. Once it was ripped out of me I lost a little part of myself (har-dee-har-har). I bet this one contained knitting wisdom, which is now stuck in a little clear box. Look at how big that one root is! You can't tell me that wasn't a lot of knowledge in there. I have one more wisdom tooth left, I'm scared to find out what power that one contains.
In the meantime, my knitting continues at a slow pace. I've only had maybe an hour to knit at night, but my progress isn't too shabby. When we last saw the cardigan I had just split the sleeves, I think. It's grown a little since then.
I feel very theo huxtable in this pic, but I do what I have to do. I'm knitting the sleeves flat so that's why the one sleeve looks a little funky. I'm undecided about the length, I'm always undecided about length. I'm going to block it before I pick up the button bands to see if I should add some more or if blocking will add enough. I'm knitting this at a different gauge for my size, making it a few inches smaller than what the pattern calls for. I like my sweaters with little ease, but should bulky sweaters be like that? This is dangerous ground I tell ya. I'll need to think about this over the weekend. I sorely miss that wisdom tooth.
Comments
haha nice teeth! a little creepy, a little sweet at the same time.
Posted by: li | January 13, 2006 11:50 AM
I have to say that the tooth encased in plastic is a quirky little gift. That is one heck of a root.
Posted by: tabbytuxedo | January 13, 2006 12:34 PM
How cool! My mom is getting knee replacement surgery next month and if she could, I know she'd want to have the bone they're slicing off encased like that.
Posted by: Angela | January 13, 2006 12:35 PM
Since you have your wisdom tooth back, perhaps the wisdom will come back to you? Or maybe it will be the Tooth Oracle and you can consult on weighty matters...
Posted by: Chris | January 13, 2006 12:44 PM
yes, bulky sweaters need just as little ease as regular sweaters. At least that is my experience.dude, he sent you the tooth in a box? That just creeps me out. Although maybe you'll get your mojo back now.
Posted by: Purly Whites | January 13, 2006 01:20 PM
that is really weird...very nice work on the grape cardi tho!
Posted by: Julsey | January 13, 2006 01:50 PM
There's something really cool about that tooth thing & now if I ever get any of my teeth taken out I will totally want one. - I just probably wouldn't want to look at it very much...:)
Posted by: Stephanie | January 13, 2006 03:04 PM
You are like Samson or something. I have saved lots of pets' teeth, but never my own.
Posted by: Laura | January 13, 2006 03:58 PM
I'm clenching my teeth together just looking at it!
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Posted by: tara | January 13, 2006 06:05 PM
mmm...I had my wisdom teeth (all 4 of them!) out at 14...could that be what happened? So much is clear now....Hey, just be glad he didn't do something creepy-er with it...like put it in an engagement ring and send it to his son! Ew! Thanks for the 'good luck' it seems to have worked! (maybe that's what your other wisdom tooth holds, 'good luck' wishing powers)
Posted by: tara | January 13, 2006 06:06 PM
I thought it was funny!! =) It made me laugh. The cardigan is looking great! The color is good on you.
Posted by: caitlyn | January 13, 2006 06:46 PM
Oh. My.I just have to say, kind of creepy, kind of cool. I wanted all 4 of my wisdom teeth but apparently when you're put under it gives the surgeon license to hack them out without consequence. Oh well. Keep it for the grandkids? :-)- MJ
Posted by: Anonymous | January 13, 2006 06:47 PM
I'm sure he meant well...now you've got quite a little conversation starter. The cardigan is looking great.
Posted by: jemadiknits | January 13, 2006 09:43 PM
what's so intriguing about your teeth that he's showing everybody? that seems like it would violate some sort of regulation, no?LOVE how the cardigan is progressing in all of its top-down raglan goodness. why theo huxtable?
Posted by: carrie | January 13, 2006 11:00 PM
Wow, I don't know if that's a sweet gift or just a bit odd. If u feel like you're losing your knitting knack, just fub the teeth.
Posted by: Iraida | January 13, 2006 11:32 PM
That is just too creepy! I have a phobia of teeth and everything related to teeth, so I would not have reacted in such a calm way, I tell you. I s'ppose it's a sweet thought from the dentist... in a weird sick kind of way... ;)You're making such good progress on the cardi, I really can't wait to see more :)xxx
Posted by: Annarella | January 14, 2006 06:32 AM
Ai yi yi - those teeth freak me out. What a funny fellow your bf's dad is. He sounds great.
Posted by: Amy | January 14, 2006 12:25 PM
I like the teeth in a box, and I really like you're cardi! It's actually making me see that as something I may want to knit.
Posted by: Tara | January 14, 2006 05:44 PM
The teeth encased in that thing reminds me of those flies in fake ice cubes. The cardi looks really cute, Me...I'd add ribbing around everything.
Posted by: tina | January 14, 2006 09:24 PM
Hey Y! I love the yarn you are using for the Glampyre cardigan. I started mine, but then frogged it... so, I will give it another try soon. I think yours looks great.Cheers!
Posted by: Lolly | January 17, 2006 08:59 AM
what a story LOL, kinda odd and chic in a way..:)
Posted by: Laura.Y | January 18, 2006 11:47 AM
Not to be too creepy...but, i had a friend who had her wisdom teeth made into a necklace. After she had them removed, all four were perfectly intact. So, her parents took them to a jeweler and had the roots gilded and everything...She definitely got a lot of comments when she wore it.
Posted by: needleGirl | January 18, 2006 12:09 PM
Hey, I'm down with saving body parts! I had my tonsils removed about 10 years ago and I still have then in a jar. My husband (and everyone else for that matter) thinks that I'm a freak. But hey, to each their own! :)
Posted by: Cerella | February 2, 2006 11:00 PM