Comments on: Is it ok for guys to learn how to sew, and crochet, and cook? http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook Your source for free knit and crochet patterns, yarn and more Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:52:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: River Glorious http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook/comment-page-1#comment-851 River Glorious Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:56:59 +0000 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook#comment-851 I am teaching my boys how to cook, sort their clothes, wash them, and they do chores at home, besides keeping their room clean. I teach them French, too, during the summers (as much as I know). I taught them how to sew buttons, too, and the youngest can knit loom a hat, with supervision. When they go to college, they won't be able to pop in so that I can do that stuff for them. They need to survive! I'm not going to last them forever, and I know that my future daughters in law are going to call me blessed and thank me for it! So, hey, if you want to learn to do art in crochet or knitting, or just because you want to relax, GOPHER IT! It won't take away from your manhood. Check this video out: http://briansawyer.net/2007/01/03/real-men-also-crochet/ Hope this helps!<br><b>References : </b><br>http://thatcrochetguy.blogspot.com/ http://thecrochetdude.blogspot.com/ http://www.crochet.org/newslet/nl1296a.html http://iweb.tntech.edu/cventura/tapestrycrochet.htm I am teaching my boys how to cook, sort their clothes, wash them, and they do chores at home, besides keeping their room clean. I teach them French, too, during the summers (as much as I know).

I taught them how to sew buttons, too, and the youngest can knit loom a hat, with supervision. When they go to college, they won’t be able to pop in so that I can do that stuff for them. They need to survive!

I’m not going to last them forever, and I know that my future daughters in law are going to call me blessed and thank me for it!

So, hey, if you want to learn to do art in crochet or knitting, or just because you want to relax, GOPHER IT! It won’t take away from your manhood.

Check this video out:
http://briansawyer.net/2007/01/03/real-men-also-crochet/

Hope this helps!
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http://thatcrochetguy.blogspot.com/
http://thecrochetdude.blogspot.com/
http://www.crochet.org/newslet/nl1296a.html
http://iweb.tntech.edu/cventura/tapestrycrochet.htm

]]> By: lora http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook/comment-page-1#comment-850 lora Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:29:59 +0000 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook#comment-850 I learned to make hats from a young boy on utube and one of my favorite pattern blogs is by the Crochet Dude http://thecrochetdude.biz/<br><b>References : </b><br>http://thecrochetdude.biz/ I learned to make hats from a young boy on utube and one of my favorite pattern blogs is by the Crochet Dude
http://thecrochetdude.biz/
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]]> By: frogcowgirl http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook/comment-page-1#comment-849 frogcowgirl Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:02:59 +0000 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook#comment-849 Rosey Grier played for the NY Giants and LA Rams he liked to do needlepoint and macrame in the 1970s. I have a nephew that went to chefs school and my son loves to cook. One of my son's friends crochets and sews. I'm glad we are living in a time when there are no longer set gender roles.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosey_Grier Rosey Grier played for the NY Giants and LA Rams he liked to do needlepoint and macrame in the 1970s.
I have a nephew that went to chefs school and my son loves to cook.
One of my son’s friends crochets and sews.
I’m glad we are living in a time when there are no longer set gender roles.
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]]> By: stitcher http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook/comment-page-1#comment-848 stitcher Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:42:59 +0000 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook#comment-848 I taught my son to do all of these things, and he is now 41, and his wife does non of them so she is very happy that he knows how, I would love if if my husband would just do the barbecue. I say good for you. and keep it up.Bea<br><b>References : </b><br>60 years of trial & error I taught my son to do all of these things, and he is now 41, and his wife does non of them so she is very happy that he knows how, I would love if if my husband would just do the barbecue. I say good for you. and keep it up.Bea
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]]> By: mariner31 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook/comment-page-1#comment-847 mariner31 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:55:59 +0000 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook#comment-847 Absolutely !! It's NOT just for girls... I did TONS of sewing as a sailor (both US Navy and my sailboat) as well as ironing, I CERTAINLY do lots of cleaning as well, and I love to cook. My Mom had 4 boys, and we ALL learned those skills... as well as working on the VW's, backpacking, building decks, mowing lawns, and painting the house with DAD. I never learned to crochet, but used to KNIT during long Navy submarine-hunting flights. NO one ever made a snide remark TWICE !!<br><b>References : </b><br>43 yr old Married man Absolutely !! It’s NOT just for girls… I did TONS of sewing as a sailor (both US Navy and my sailboat) as well as ironing, I CERTAINLY do lots of cleaning as well, and I love to cook.

My Mom had 4 boys, and we ALL learned those skills… as well as working on the VW’s, backpacking, building decks, mowing lawns, and painting the house with DAD.

I never learned to crochet, but used to KNIT during long Navy submarine-hunting flights. NO one ever made a snide remark TWICE !!
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]]> By: sassy.sunshine http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook/comment-page-1#comment-846 sassy.sunshine Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:23:59 +0000 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook#comment-846 I think it's great! my man cooks for me & my friends husband just started sewing & can't get enough of it<br><b>References : </b><br> I think it’s great! my man cooks for me & my friends husband just started sewing & can’t get enough of it
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]]> By: Aunt Karen http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook/comment-page-1#comment-845 Aunt Karen Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:42:59 +0000 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook#comment-845 It's not only ok, guys make the best chefs (Emeiril Lagasse, famous for saying "BAM"), design some of the greatest crochet patterns, and my husband does most of our house cleaning because he loves me and I hate house work. (And he does a very good job of it!) What gender a job is assigned to changes as culture changes. Thankfully, today we can (mostly) do our own thing. What's for dinner?<br><b>References : </b><br> It’s not only ok, guys make the best chefs (Emeiril Lagasse, famous for saying "BAM"), design some of the greatest crochet patterns, and my husband does most of our house cleaning because he loves me and I hate house work. (And he does a very good job of it!) What gender a job is assigned to changes as culture changes. Thankfully, today we can (mostly) do our own thing. What’s for dinner?
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]]> By: spunk113 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook/comment-page-1#comment-844 spunk113 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:17:59 +0000 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook#comment-844 You are so awesome!! My husband doesn't sew or cook (crochet doesn't really matter that much to me, but he doesn't do that, either). I don't enjoy cooking, so we eat out all the time. If he could cook, I'd lose about twenty pounds, I think. If he could sew, I wouldn't have to mend his clothes all the time. If anyone ever makes fun of you for this, stab them in the eye with a crochet hook.<br><b>References : </b><br> You are so awesome!! My husband doesn’t sew or cook (crochet doesn’t really matter that much to me, but he doesn’t do that, either). I don’t enjoy cooking, so we eat out all the time. If he could cook, I’d lose about twenty pounds, I think. If he could sew, I wouldn’t have to mend his clothes all the time. If anyone ever makes fun of you for this, stab them in the eye with a crochet hook.
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]]> By: h_brida http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook/comment-page-1#comment-843 h_brida Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:05:59 +0000 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook#comment-843 Tailoring is traditionally men's work with dress-making women's work. With today's styles, sewing is generally sewing. If you don't have a sew-er "on-staff", it's useful to be *able* to keep up with ones own mending and alterations rather than re-purchasing when a seam frays. Knitting, macramé & crochet are traditional sailor's crafts. I understand there are still lots of firemen with time on their hands at the firehouse who continue the tradition. At firehouses, whoever's there does the cooking. There's an American tradition that cooking "isn't sissy" if it's dangerous . . . barbecue has open flames so barbecue is macho. I consider the idea silly. Cooking well = caring and is a sign of respectful intent. Housekeeping chores = caring and are a sign of respectful intent. There are folk who consider caring/humane activities to be less masculine. That's *their* problem. Don't let it become yours.<br><b>References : </b><br> Tailoring is traditionally men’s work with dress-making women’s work. With today’s styles, sewing is generally sewing. If you don’t have a sew-er "on-staff", it’s useful to be *able* to keep up with ones own mending and alterations rather than re-purchasing when a seam frays.

Knitting, macramé & crochet are traditional sailor’s crafts. I understand there are still lots of firemen with time on their hands at the firehouse who continue the tradition. At firehouses, whoever’s there does the cooking.

There’s an American tradition that cooking "isn’t sissy" if it’s dangerous . . . barbecue has open flames so barbecue is macho. I consider the idea silly. Cooking well = caring and is a sign of respectful intent. Housekeeping chores = caring and are a sign of respectful intent.

There are folk who consider caring/humane activities to be less masculine. That’s *their* problem. Don’t let it become yours.
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]]> By: annemknits http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook/comment-page-1#comment-842 annemknits Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:50:59 +0000 http://www.pattern-knit.com/knitting-blog/how-to-crochet/is-it-ok-for-guys-to-learn-how-to-sew-and-crochet-and-cook#comment-842 Why not, more power to you if you do these things. Any girl would appreciate a guy who does them.<br><b>References : </b><br> Why not, more power to you if you do these things. Any girl
would appreciate a guy who does them.
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