Opinions about yarn

"Kristine" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...

Kristine, I liked both yarns! I think the first one will be very nice ponchos, and I see the girls at school love them!

The second one seems nice for a baby blanket! There are blue, green, pink and yellow "spots" in it, and I would love it, either for a boy or a girl. But I know some mums "hate" any sort of pink for boys, so I would be sure your friend is not among them, as long as you don't know what is "comming"! OR take a chance! If the result seems to be too girlish, and your friend get a boy, then save the blanket for another little girl, and give your friend something else! The yarn is perfect for a baby blanket to my opinion! Good luck! AUD ;-))

"Aud" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net:

i agree. perfect for a baby blanket. two notes, not all mums like pink for girls either (my neice just had a girl & *hates* pink. i made her green or multicolored stuff), but i don't think this yarn is anything gender specific or overly pink anyway. *and* up until the end of WWI, pink was the color for baby boys & blue was for baby girls. pink was considered the "stronger" color, while blue was seen as being "delicate". funny how color perception changes, isn't it? :) lee

. *and* up until the end of WWI, pink was the

Wow! I didn't know that! That *is* really strange. Thanks for sharing that bit of trivia.

Jenn

Hi Kristine,

Is the baby color the super sport yarn? If it is, it will make up great for a baby blanket and I use that yarn to knit baby sweaters too. In fact if it is, I just ordered more of it to make some baby items for a friend. If you are crocheting with it, it works up really pretty for either a boy or girl.

Hugs,

Nora

In those days, little boys also wore lacy dresses and had ringlets and ribbons in their hair. I didn't know about the pink, though. None of the photos I've seen were in color!

The dresses weren't always lacy, and most were worn over short trousers, but "red for boys, blue for girls" was still true through the early

1960s for bicycles. It's just that when people starting dressing babies in pastel colors, red became pink while blue just became light blue. Then the colors were switched.

=Tamar

I agree with everyone else - the colors would be great for either a boy or a girl. And if your friend has strong opinions about one color or another, you could always add an edge in the appropriate solid color once the baby is here.

I like the square you have in that album as well!

LauraJ

In Victorian times, it was thought that pink was too strong a colour for delicate little girls.

Katherine

My Grandfather had my DM convinced he was a little girl until he turned 5 years old and they cut off all the curls!!!!

JJMolvik

I hadn't heard that before. Where did you learn that?

=Tamar

My father used to say that kind of thing. I wonder how common it was for men to make that claim?

=Tamar

MY father always spoke of boyhood being 'before long pants' .... funny memories... JM2C Noreen

My grandmother always said that. And considering that she would have been

140 this year, I think that she knew it. Also, if you do a google, you will find the information. Here is one link which will help you, and lead you to more information. Katherine

Mine did. He's over 90 now. He was the 3rd son. His mother never did have a daughter that lived.

Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist

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