In the vein of time being impossible to track and possibly being meaningless while also looming larger than ever, I finally knit these tigers just as the Year of the Tiger ends. Sure, the new pattern for the Lunar New Year helped prompt me to get going with this, but that wasn't all. My nephew recently had a birthday, and it was a special one. It's hard to believe that he is now twenty-one. He was a precious little baby, a precious little boy, and is now a precious young man. I want to post picture after picture of him, but I'll resist the impulse.
You know how small children often like to share animal facts and their enthusiasm regarding their special favorites? He was no different, and tigers were there at the top of his list. He loved tigers and was especially intrigued with white tigers. Still, in his young mind, to declare a favorite would have been disloyal. So when he was asked about his favorite animal, he would most often respond, "A white tiger, and a regular tiger." I managed to crochet a regular tiger for him when he was little but never got around to making a white one. So, for the occasion of his twenty-first birthday, I added a white tiger and a regular tiger to his birthday presents.
