NEARLY A RAINBOW

Last week it turned cold - fingers and hands turning orange before turning purple kind of cold. And then it got warmer, but that ruins the post. The fact it turned cold - albeit briefly, meant Max and I had the following conversation after an afternoon at the playground which ended with me, Max, a box of wool, some needles, and a pattern being spread out.

Me: So Max it was very cold out there today wasn't it?

Max: Yes, it was so cold.

Me: Would you like me to knit you something, like, say, a scarf?

Max: A scarf? For me? Yes. And what sort of scarf would it be?

Me: Well what sort of scarf do you want?

Max: A rainbow scarf!

Me: Right....well, the thing is, I don't make rainbow scarves, and, well, unfortunately we don't have rainbow coloured wool here, and, well, here's what I was thinking...

Max: ...that you could buy some rainbow coloured wool...?

Me: No, not quite, but, well, umm, green! green is your favourite colour, what about a green scarf? That could be nice couldn't it?

Max: yay! a green scarf!

half an hour later: is it finished yet?

Comments

[michelle]

Ah. :)
too funny arn't they.

[KT]

Ah knitting for little boys! When I let Angus choose wool for socks, his choice was Blue Moon Sherbet! Hot pink, bright orange, lime green. He adores them and wears them all the time. Thank goodness he goes to Montessori...

[Bertha]

Ha ha! Oh, I am waiting for the day when June demands inappropriate crafting projects of me! Though I imagine a girl can get away with more than a boy, unfair really!

[Creature of Habit]

Oh man...to think, we almost...almost... could've seen a rainbow scarf from you! I guess if Max can't get it out of you, no one will. ;)

I was desperately trying to make my oldest nephew a sweater (after he declared he hated my sweaters because they are 'itchy') and took him to the yarn store to pick out his own non-itchy yarn. He picked pink and white "fuzzy" yarn and I wept silently to myself at the register. And then I returned it later on and somehow got out of that whole fiasco. I've since kept my focus on the 2 younger ones! Lol....

[greenolive]

He will love that green scarf and forget he even thought about a rainbow scarf. The conversation made me laugh out loud. is it finished yet?

[joyce]

awww! how adorable! i've never finished the red socks my son asked me to make...(he eventually forgot about it)...

[zose]

oh, poor max!
a rainbow scarf can be quite masculine done the right way, and I can't help but feel for him, he might like to express himself through that kind of choice. It might be important to him?

then again, we are probably a bit more liberal. My 3 yr old son does ballet and tap and keenly tries on dressups and lipstick. It doesn't bother me at all, as at 3, I feel there isn't much point to enforcing gender stereotypes.

[girlh]

ahhhhh yes a rainbow scarf!

the whole conversation had me laughing out loud. i have to say al, you got out of that one fairly quickly. just wait until he's a teenager, once he gets your number, he'll be showing up with pink hair. ;)

[charlotte]

pink hair! can you imagine!

[michele]

okay i hope you've started the therapy fund now ... because you know eventually he's going to need much therapy to discuss the fact that he had a mother who never made him a rainbow scarf. you know i'm kidding right. and that only a therapist could leave a comment like this.

[stinkerbell]

ahhh the concept of time... it will catch up with him quick enough :)

[amisha]

:)
rainbows do spring from the green earth, right? so you are close?
xox