What can you crochet for a man?

[WoolyPants]

Crochet is very female, isn’t it? Lovely scarves, jumpers, bags, accessories, however what about men? What sorts of things could you/do you make?

Thanks for some ideas, looking for inspiration.

[SoupDragon]

Men wear scarves and hats too.

[SoupDragon]

It's just a matter of picking a masculine colour way usually. Ravelry has lots of patterns.

[Tinselistacky]

Willy warmer?

[WoolyPants]

Patterns are usually quite feminine, haven’t really seen any I’d realistically imagine a man wearing.

[GemmaB78]

Scarf. Hat. iPad/tablet/kindle cover. Cup cosy for a travel mug. Fingerless gloves.

[TossDaily]

Mankini.

[StillGotTheTreeUp]

A lovely dark navy blue scarf is masculine. No need for patterns.

[GemmaB78]

The most basic DC beanie is masculine. This is my son's hat. Nothing remotely frilly or lacy!

[WoolyPants]

That’s cute, Gemma!

[MsHomeSlice]

what feminine about a plain navy scarf?

it's like saying clothes are usually quite feminine.... just because there is more choice.

Nice novelty Viking Hat

[GemmaB78]

Thanks wooly hat. I had the yarn, he needed a hat, and I fancied a break from knitting!

The viking hat will be his next hat. We live in York (Jorvik!) ; he has a scandi name. It HAS to be done.

[GemmaB78]

Woolypants, even. I got carried away by the hat theme!

[SoupDragon]

This hat.

Which lead me to this scarf

There were a few other hats on ravelry if you searched for man hat

[SoupDragon]

ribbed hat

[Skyllo30]

MIL made DH a lovely crochet blanket. He uses it to keep himself warm when playing Xbox.

[WoolyPants]

I like that hat, Soup. I can imagine DS wearing that, he might even think it was cool. The men in my life are not very adventurous with clothes or colours (whereas I love bright colours), so I guess that’s why I feel a bit uninspired with dull colours and plain patterns.

[SoupDragon]

this cowl has a matching hat.

[SoupDragon]

Sometimes you can get away with a mostly dull item with a strip of colour - as the last item I linked to shows.

I'm making DS1 a blanket that is 2 shades of grey with a small amount of red to lift it out of being duller than dull.

[SoupDragon]

Texture is a good way of adding interest to a dull coloured hat so maybe searching for cabled hat or texured hat.

[WoolyPants]

Thanks for the ideas. I’m going to finish my frilly, lacy feminine scarf first and then start on something for DS

[prettymess]

A male friend bought me Star Wars crochet set.

[WoolyPants]

Ooh, a crochet storm trooper figurine, now there’s something he’d love...!

[prettymess]

There you go!

[tizwozliz]

Star wars AT-AT was well received here