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would you consider kind of weird if your husband would want to join you in knitting/needlework ?

I mean.many see this kind of activity as purely feminine.....

Public Comments

1. Not in the least. Needlework is a good way to pass time, can help you from noshing, and it is genderless.
2. I wouldn't find that weird what so ever!!
3. No, it would be nice spend more time together. And you could teach him something new!! That's a good way to spend time together.
4. No, things like that aren't to do with gender. I personally am not very good at that kind of thing, but it is creative and cleaver to learn to do so I'd be glad.
5. Very much so.
6. Yes, I would, considering I don't knit or do needlework. If he wanted to do it on his own, fine.
7. Yeah probably I thought knitting was for grannies. I would think it was weird if a girl wanted to do it too.
8. Since he's never shown any interest in it before, I would be surprised.
9. Why would that be weird? Actually more men are getting into knitting. It helps with manual dexterity, stimulates the brain and is good for stress relief. Not to mention, it's a good creative outlet. I see nothing wrong with it.
10. No, I'd be a little turned on haha =o)
11. Not at all, as there are quite a few men who knit, crochet and do other types of needlework. Rosy Grier, former NFL football player, does needlepoint and macrame. Drew Emborsky, aka, The Crochet Dude, has had patterns published, and has an awesome website with free patterns. There is a lot out there about men who knit/crochet/needlework. Search and you'll be pleasantly surprised!
12. My boyfriend sews far better than I do. He also looks really good in the things he makes. I LOVE IT.
13. Well, I don't do a lot of needlework myself, but if my husband has lost a button off his shirt or something he generally sews it on himself. I can do that sort of thing, but am not paritcularly better at it than he is. Neither of us sews for pleasure though. If he wanted to take up sewing or knitting as a hobby I wouldn't mind, though I would be rather surprised as he has never shown any interest in doing that. Metalwork is his thing.
14. If I were married. . . no, probably not. At least he was doing something constructive, and it's even a bonus that maybe it's something I enjoyed as well. Sure, I guess it's traditionally feminine. . . but back then, men were having to go out and do a bunch of manual labor while women were needing to take care of the house. A lot of sewing would be included in "taking care of the house", and we tend to just go out and buy stuff now. All these things are just hobbies.
15. There are lots of men who knit. I'm a man who has been knitting for 15 years and I taught myself when I was in the Navy stationed on an aircraft carrier. It's curious to me that activities like knitting become tied to a particular gender when nothing about that activity precludes either gender from doing it or makes one gender better or worse at its execution. Men have always been involved in knitting...some believe since it's very beginning. In the 1400s in Europe, men apprenticed in knitting guilds that didn't allow women. Andean men knit chulo hats and other items with intricate patterns using very small needles. Kaffe Fassett is a very well known and successful male knitter. He was the first living artist to have a retrospective exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. There is also a great learn -o-knit dvd call Real Men Knit that has interviews with many male knitters, including Kaffe Fassett, Brandon Mably, and Eugene Bourgeois who teaches you how to make a knitted cap. It's from Unconfined Mind.com.