Knitting Passion

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But before I go there - many thanks to Miss Mairiah for being the guest blogger for Take our Kids to Work Day! Good job, Ms. Thang!

on to the men who knit . . .

Along with the videos I showed you a couple of days ago I found this one: Real Men Knit. They’re just going back to the way it was . . . “men were the first knitters - they used it to mend nets . . .”

To go along with the theme, as I was digging through Knitty.com I discovered that David Demchuk from Toronto is a contributor. Why did I not know this before? Well, probably because my mindset wasn’t there. Hey, any excuse will do. It doesn’t really matter, because, Hey! I found him. Right? Right!

So, David has a presence on knitty - and he also blogs at Knit Like a Man. You can find links to all of his entries at knitty listed on his blog. I’ve read a couple and I have to say - I like this guy’s sense of humor. He also does some pretty neat knitting. Go on over and say hello.

His spring column is interesting and I have to say that after reading it I may be doing my granddaughter and her friend a disservice - maybe I should be challenging them to something more than a scarf?? We’ll see.

Also found at knitty is Bobby Ziegler whose pattern for Thuja socks I think I’m going to try. Yup, I frogged the toes up socks - maybe I’ll try them again another time. Just couldn’t figure out where I was in the pattern and it didn’t look right to me. Maybe the yarn I’m using was too dark. I might try it with a lighter color next time.

And, Bobby blogs as well. He sounds like a busy young man - going to school, working, and he just lost his Grandma.

Then there is Yarn Boy’s (Jesse Loesberg) Yarn Boys in History . Good stuff here.

Do you know of other knitting men out there? I have a feeling there are more than we might think.

by the way - a long time ago in a land far away (Ohio) my hubby knitted me a sweater to match the sweater I knit him. Blue variegated yarn in a knit two, purl two patterned pullover. We wore them out - they kept us warm when we moved to Alaska and went out into Cook Inlet halibut fishing. Memories.

AND . . .
It’s not too late to cast your vote.

and, while you’re at it - toss a vote Lessa’s way, too.

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