Men, women share purls of wisdom
Boston Herald - December 3 2006
“Should I move my thumb?” 25-year-old Andrea Lee Estrada of South Boston asked Mike Attisha yesterday, as he took her through the first steps of knitting.“Yes, unless you want to knit your thumb into it,” Attisha replied. “But who knows, that could be your thing.”
Welcome to Men Who Knit - and the Women Who Love Them.
More accurately, it was the second annual StitchFest, sponsored by the Boston chapter of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism, which encourages men to not only knit but also challenge sexist prejudices.
Attisha, who declined to say where he lives or what does for a living, has been knitting for years. But he’s given away everything he’s created - with the exception of a teddy bear. [more]
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