some wonderful person wrote:
> > Colin mentioned that he gets hassled for working in a craft that has long
> > been recognised as "women's work", ie. knitting.
and then wonderful Colin added as a further word:
>
>
> Strangely enough the reaction i get from men is usually WOW!, they are
> impressed. Some women just sneer. The better a man is at it, the more the snide
> remarks!
>
There was a piece on National Public Radio within the last week about a men's
prison where they teach knitting and maybe crochet to the inmates and it evidently
is paying off in huge dividends. People have something to do to pass the time,
something creative to exercise their minds, and something social as they compare
their work. Big benefits all around. The selling point at first was that
traditionally men were the tailors and weavers which is how they got past the macho
reluctance. (Who knows if that is true, but you do have past macho reluctance...)
Anyway, the inmates that were interviewed loved what they were doing and it somehow
leads to job opportunities after release but I didn't catch that part of the story.
(the Rev) Vince
