scarf story
Jun. 3rd, 2008 03:28 pmI've been wanting to tell this story for a while, but it's taken a while to get a good picture. Many of you already know it.
This winter, I made a scarf (below) for![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
catalpa92. When it was done, he took it into work, hung it near his desk, and eventually suggested that people figure it out. Many of his coworkers did, taking from a few seconds to minutes (or even longer) to get the answer. It apparently took over an entire afternoon. When I came to lunch there for the first time, a week later, I got a sense of it all. My officemate impressed everyone nearby by getting it within a minute. And someone I met in the lunchroom said, after a bit, "Are you the one who made the scarf? You know that stock dip last week? That was you."
Now, my elder child had fairly recently finished reading (and very much enjoying) a certain book (thanks again,saxikath!). Upon hearing about all this, J was very excited and amused, and then became thoughtful. He looked at us, and asked an excellent question,
This winter, I made a scarf (below) for
catalpa92. When it was done, he took it into work, hung it near his desk, and eventually suggested that people figure it out. Many of his coworkers did, taking from a few seconds to minutes (or even longer) to get the answer. It apparently took over an entire afternoon. When I came to lunch there for the first time, a week later, I got a sense of it all. My officemate impressed everyone nearby by getting it within a minute. And someone I met in the lunchroom said, after a bit, "Are you the one who made the scarf? You know that stock dip last week? That was you."Now, my elder child had fairly recently finished reading (and very much enjoying) a certain book (thanks again,
saxikath!). Upon hearing about all this, J was very excited and amused, and then became thoughtful. He looked at us, and asked an excellent question, 
