Pink Wars

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What do you do when you've knit your daughter a bolero from the leftovers of your sweater, so that you have matching outfits, she totally thinks it's cool, and then when she tries it on, she doesn't like it, because:

A - It's not pink
B - It doesn't have any frilly bits
C - It's not pink

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

You make her wear it for 2 minutes and take a picture for posterity, then promise her to go to the Zeeman (to get the cheap-ass pink frilly yarn she likes) and knit her a bolero that does comply with her standards. Girls...

On the other knitting front(s): swatched 3 types of yarn for Jeannie, totally confused, will try one more and then block and compare. Have to get on with the socks for the Nancy Bush exchange, or I'm in danger of a whipping. My socks are already in the post (snow forbidding), so I'd better 'get my socks on'...


The Austermann (left) and the Malabrigo lace weigth (right)

Comments

MoniqueB. said…
Grrrrrrrrrrrirls!!! Oh no.
That's EXACTLY what happened with the pinwheel I knitted for my girl. She wore it for the picture, it IS pink, and nèver wore it again. I'm thinking to make some legwarmers out of the sleeves.

Little girls...... they're just like women!
December 17, 2007 at 10:09 PM
Tijm said…
Sneu voor je, maar wel GIRRRRRRRRRL Power dat ze nu al zo goed weet wat ze wil en daar voor op komt!!
December 18, 2007 at 7:04 AM
Annita said…
Rose met roesje als kleuter, precies alleen die ene trui en beslist geen spijkerbroeken als schoolkind, alleen die ene spijkerbroek als puber. Tegen de tijd dat ze 15 is geef je haar kleedgeld en dan kan ze het zelf uitzoeken en dan moet je nog steeds de juiste (warme bv in de winter)kleding toevoegen omdat zij al haar geld heeft uitgegeven aan prachtige, maar niet zo praktische frutsels. Tegen de tijd dat ze volwassen worden en hun eigen geld verdienen komt het weer goed. Ik heb 3 dochters, de jongste is 17.
annita
December 18, 2007 at 9:39 AM
Ammerins said…
Ja Annita, ik kijk er nu al naar uit (of toch maar niet???)
December 18, 2007 at 1:43 PM
Alice said…
The Pink War... or the Clothes War... it does sound familiar to me ;)
December 19, 2007 at 7:54 PM
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