I'm not sure about this one.
It had so much potential but something just feels off.

It feels like maybe it should be two separate books?

There's the one side, that talks about Raffi learning to knit, how he is bullied for it, but then creates something amazing that wows all the children at school and proves to them that knitting and sewing can be cool.
I really enjoyed the moral arc of this part of the plot.

Then alongside that there seems to be a nonspecific questioning of Raffi's sexuality? Gender? Self expression? The problem is I'm not sure what it was trying to say.
Raffi asks if there's such a thing as a Tomgirl, which would lead me to say gender expression? But then the story also seems to lean into gay stereotypes of the 'girly' boy who doesn't like football and instead makes clothes for the school play and dreams of becoming a fashion designer. All of which is completely great, if it were the main point of the story and clearly explored.

I think it just missed the mark for me.