Summer in my home country of Australia gets too hot for me to knit anything, as heat plus yarn means my hands itch, but here in NZ it is a quite a bit cooler even at the height of summer so knitting will be eminently doable. Right now it is still cold, wet and windy so perfect knittin' weather!
As far as what blokes wot knit want - this has been a bit of a $64,000 question to some of the bloggers and podcasters I read and listen to who are blokes that knit. The question seems to divide into two sub-questions, what kinds of knitting do men want to wear and what kinds of knitting to men want to do. The two aren't co-extensive because I have heard of a lot of men who knit fantastic lace that they wouldn't wear in a million years. There's a couple of great podcasts on the topic here (shows 5 and 6 - what men want & what men want more). Most of all it is still really common for knitting to be stereotyped as a woman's activity and it would be really great for it to be positioned as a crafty pursuit engaged in by all!
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Re: slowly heading towards Spring here but still knitting
Date: 2007-08-07 07:46 am (UTC)As far as what blokes wot knit want - this has been a bit of a $64,000 question to some of the bloggers and podcasters I read and listen to who are blokes that knit. The question seems to divide into two sub-questions, what kinds of knitting do men want to wear and what kinds of knitting to men want to do. The two aren't co-extensive because I have heard of a lot of men who knit fantastic lace that they wouldn't wear in a million years. There's a couple of great podcasts on the topic here (shows 5 and 6 - what men want & what men want more). Most of all it is still really common for knitting to be stereotyped as a woman's activity and it would be really great for it to be positioned as a crafty pursuit engaged in by all!