[Kimmers]

I am waiting for the movie "Brokepurl Mountain"

[in hoc signo vinces]

The wussification of the US citizenry knows no end.

[massgopguy]

Didn't Rosie Greer used to do this?

[wideawake]

"I wish I knew how to knit you!"

[Calpernia]

Oh Goody Clemenza! You are moving back to the Tri State just when the night life is revving up!




::laughing! er... maybe crying?::

[colorado tanker]

What do their wives do? Go play pool and drink boilermakers at a biker bar?

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Odd story about men knitting...

[finnman69]

Knitting worked for John Spartan

[rattrap]

Looking for a man to keep you in stitches?

[retrokitten]

There's a photo with the article. None of these guys scream "hetro" to me.

[retrokitten]

This article just gets more terrifying the more I read it.

"Believe me, we love women," said store manager Josh Bennett. "But it's like when guys get together to watch a football game, they have all that in common so there's that sense of excitement. After a long week, you can come and work on your project have a couple of beers and hang out."

"And I made a bikini pattern for a guy who wanted to knit a bikini for his girlfriend."
-My husband knits me anything ever and we are so divorced.

Sumner, who has family in Florida, said: "My mom and dad were skeptical at first but they saw the first scarf that I made and they were kind of into it," he said. "Everybody in Florida is getting a scarf next year. They're all getting scarfs and mittens."
-Goody. Just what every Floridian needs, scarves and mittens.

[knittnmom]

Sumner, who has family in Florida, said: "My mom and dad were skeptical at first but they saw the first scarf that I made and they were kind of into it," he said. "Everybody in Florida is getting a scarf next year. They're all getting scarfs and mittens."

Preferences aside, why would anyone in Florida needs scarves or mittens??

[carlr]

Each one to his own but no thanks.

I would`nt wear a knit sweater much less make it.

[martin_fierro]

Ewwww.

[cyborg]

Greenwich Village???

[voiceinthewind]

Hmm, my reply never made it to the thread. Anyway, there is an excellent book, " No Idle Hands: The Social History of American Knitting", by Anne Macdonald. Apparently men knitting is no new phenomenon. There were guilds for knitters that were restricted to men, women could knit at home but men could make a profit from it. Also, http://www.menknit.net/history.html

[Tribune7]

I am waiting for the movie "Brokepurl Mountain"

OTOH, maybe these guys are super-violent types who were taught this skill while in a state cryogenic animation.