Hecate
31-03-2006, 19:09
Why is knitting seen as almost exclusively for women?
According to this (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/04/national/main671644.shtml) article from last year, more and more men are taking up the needles in America. Here's a quote from the article:
At The Wool Tree in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., co-owner Robert Lincoln says he and his wife, Bonnie, have seen more young men coming into the store to buy knitting and crocheting supplies. Many of them are snowboarders who want to make their own winter gear - as a fashion statement or to save money to buy ski passes.
"It's a little bit of a phenomenon," Robert Lincoln says.
Mary-Ann Parisi says she's also had more men shopping at her store, the Knitters Niche on Chicago's North Side. She figures that as many as one in five customers are male.
"I see it a lot with men who are doctors. I also see musicians and, believe it or not, stockbrokers," Parisi says. "They claim it relaxes them."
I've also come across several websites aimed at men who knit, like this (http://www.menknit.net/) one, and several blogs by male knitters, like this rather impressive one: Jon's Knit Blog (http://www.thejonblog.com/knit/). I'll be adding more knitting blogs by male knitters to the 'Recommended Links' thread shortly.
So what is it, men of Sheffield, why don't you knit? Are you just not interested? Is it an affront to your masculinity? Do you find the pointy sticks rather too phallic (http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4238/1041/1600/knit1.gif)? Is there not enough grease and caburetters involved?. Come on, pick up those needles. You know you want to...
According to this (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/04/national/main671644.shtml) article from last year, more and more men are taking up the needles in America. Here's a quote from the article:
At The Wool Tree in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., co-owner Robert Lincoln says he and his wife, Bonnie, have seen more young men coming into the store to buy knitting and crocheting supplies. Many of them are snowboarders who want to make their own winter gear - as a fashion statement or to save money to buy ski passes.
"It's a little bit of a phenomenon," Robert Lincoln says.
Mary-Ann Parisi says she's also had more men shopping at her store, the Knitters Niche on Chicago's North Side. She figures that as many as one in five customers are male.
"I see it a lot with men who are doctors. I also see musicians and, believe it or not, stockbrokers," Parisi says. "They claim it relaxes them."
I've also come across several websites aimed at men who knit, like this (http://www.menknit.net/) one, and several blogs by male knitters, like this rather impressive one: Jon's Knit Blog (http://www.thejonblog.com/knit/). I'll be adding more knitting blogs by male knitters to the 'Recommended Links' thread shortly.
So what is it, men of Sheffield, why don't you knit? Are you just not interested? Is it an affront to your masculinity? Do you find the pointy sticks rather too phallic (http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4238/1041/1600/knit1.gif)? Is there not enough grease and caburetters involved?. Come on, pick up those needles. You know you want to...