And since my two favourite yarns have been discontinued (Stylecraft Luxury Pure Merino and Araucania Toconao Multy in case you've got any kicking around) I flirted with the idea of being DONE with knitting for a while.
And then the Dragon Baby grew. Again. So I guess I'll still be knitting a while yet.
At sixteen weeks old, I am feverishly making his fourth puerperium sweater. Because he is monstrous huge and the 3-6m version is busting at the seams. One of my friends says I must be making cream (I reckon it's Carnation condensed).
I'm using the remnants from two Araucania Toconao projects for my daughter, and so a bit of a pink colourway is being striped into his sweater. But I think it makes a lovely mix, and apparently boys used to wear pink in the old days before we all got our knickers in a gender-specific twist.
And where reading is concerned? Santa, that clever old fella, brought The Boss a beautiful gilt-edged hardback copy of Peter Pan in her stocking. We just finished it last night. The last chapter, where Peter returns and Wendy is grown up and has therefore forgotten how to fly, so her daughter Jane flies away with him instead... gulp, I could barely read it.
I wish I wasn't a grown up sometimes.
Ah, I have no issue with mixing the boys knits up with a bit of pink ;) Especially when the yarn is that scrummy. Big fan of Peter Pan here too, your edition sounds great.
ReplyDeleteMe too, me too...
ReplyDeleteI think it's quite fashionable these days for boys to wear pink, no? :)
Our baby, at 12 weeks, is just about growing out of the newborn size! High time for some 3-6 months knitting..
YES!! A little pink on a sweet boy is darling I think!! Can't wait to see it finished!!
ReplyDeleteMy youngest daughter (15) has read Peter Pan over and over and over. She learned to love to read with Peter. Excellent book.
ReplyDeleteMy friend adopted her son from Korea and apparently pink is common for young boys there. I'm certain it must be fine for dragons. :) Way to buck the status quo!
Blessings, Debbie
Isn't the pink aversion for boys strange? Most of the men I know wear pink but still people seem to avoid dressing their sons in it. I just do not get it. I love that yarn x
ReplyDeleteWatched Lucy Worsley on TV last night at Attingham Park, where the eighteenth century chap had his room done out in outrageous pink - good enough for him...
ReplyDeleteoh, we LOVE peter pan around here.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, pink for a boy! Of course!
Let's cut away at this dumb genderizing. (not a word, I know.)
xoxoxxo
Pink looks great on whoever wants to wear it in my humble opinion!
ReplyDeletepink is in! We have a teen clothing store that is just dripping with bright pinks oranges and reds all in the boys section. So I think you are being quite trendy :)
ReplyDeleteI too love Toconao and admit to hoarding a bit. Those babies do love their mama's milk, don't they. I too was accused of making cream.
ReplyDeleteand we have a picture of my husband's granddad in a little 'dress'--boys apparently wore them until they were potty trained (guess that might have been good incentive!!!!) I think your color mix is great.....that pink certainly doesn't scream at you!!!
ReplyDeleteyes pink! i love that you wear all your handknits everyday.
ReplyDeleteYes! I love the colourway. Beautiful, for a boy or a girl!
ReplyDeleteI just love that pattern, and the wool! I think pink is fine for a boy...and I happen to have a 9 year old who will gladly wear it-it's his favorite colour!
ReplyDeletewhy can't boys wear pink eh? ;) my brother used to like the colour until we wicked older sisters brainwashed him into thinking it was un-manly hee hee.
ReplyDeleteOh I love knitting when it gets cold. .can't knit in the summer though.
ReplyDeleteYes! most definitely pink for a boy! Love the way the sweater is turning out, the colours work fantastic together.
ReplyDeleteI love that color mix for a boy. Real men wear pink :)
ReplyDeleteOh I like the colours! My boy is growing out of all his 3-6 months clothes/knits as well. Your baby's sweater is going to be just lovely.
ReplyDeleteThat looks lovely, you're a great knitter, and the colours look well together. I dressed my first (a girl ) in blue as that's my favourite colour, an then I had five boys, so no pink there, but I'd dress a baby boy in pink hand me downs if I had the chance ;)
ReplyDeleteThey still make plenty of adult men's dress shirts in pink...it's supposed to be quite the fashion statement. Plus, your project looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeletethose two yarns make the most beautiful combination ever!! I love it and thanks for linking up my friend
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