Knit My Dog

if you show me yours! Scout started a tattoo meme and asked us to show our tattoos. I have two. The first one I got when I was about 25, on a long cross country trip with my sister, ended up in Hawaii, and decided to get a tattoo to remember my trip. It's a hibiscus (the state flower of Hawaii), about 2.5 inches high, and is on my chest above my left breast. Enough said about that one.

My newest tattoo is the one I love. My oldest sister died almost ten years ago. It will be ten years next month - I can't believe that. She was an artist, art teacher, feminist, and an all around cool, spiritaul and funky person. She had made a print (I think it was etched into metal, but I'm no artist so I don't know the technique) of a mandala. She made 4 or 5 prints, then went to clean the plate with something that ruined the surface. So there are only a few in existence. My other sister has one, along with my dad, one of my brothers, and a friend of hers. After she died, I decided I wanted a tattoo using some of her artwork. This piece fit the bill perfectly so I decided to have it tattooed on my lower back. It's big (six inches diameter) so my back was the best location. My person criteria for tattoos is that they shouldn't be visible while I'm at work. That means no ankle tattoos, etc. The only thing I don't like about the placement is that I can't look at it closely. I can't even really see it unless I look in the mirror. But I always know it's there. You can see my freckles throughout it which makes it even more interesting to me. It really is round but depending on how I stand it will stretch out in different ways.

Would I do it again? YES. Do I want another one? I don't think so, but you never know...
Show me yours!