... to want to scream- husband thinks my hobby is “deeply unattractive”

[DimensionalShambler]

It’s cold and rainy and all day I was looking forward to starting a new knitting project. After dinner I settled down with my wool and needles and and my husband started with the sighing. After the usual rigmarole I dragged it out of him… seeing me knit is “deeply unattractive”, it’s for sexless, boring, tedious women and he hates seeing my projects laying around because it’s a “stringy depressing mess” and I should find something more interesting to do with my time.

I’m absolutely furious at the sexism and stupidity but also really sad because I love knitting- it’s cozy and peaceful and meditative. But now it’s ruined.

What a twat! Knit one of those lattes and llamas feel blankets only have each square say things that say things like twat, arsehole, wankpuffin and present to him as a gift. It'll take a few months but it'll be epic level satisfying.

love it revoke! Still haven't finished my tea cosy because I'm getting a bit bored of it. I saw a knitted Santa and Rudolph in a wool shop yesterday along with a knitted cathedral and local castle ruins. It was amazing, certainly not a depressing, stringy mess!

A bit late to the party but I love the picture of Kiefer Sutherland knitting a holster for his gun!

Ref. @BettyBooJustDoinTheDoo - 7 November

We have just gone through an enormous plastic 'truck' (honestly, you could lie down in it and squirm about, it's so big) which contains SOME of my mum's old tatting things. Lots of wool, tapestry silks and wools, swatches, buttons and bows, other equipment. My dh didn't complain at all, said "oh wow" as often as I did if not more! It has been kept for dd who is a very talented, if inexperienced, tapiser.

She doesn't knit or crochet though, so I'll probably get the wool and can put it in my wall....

Knit him a gag and eye mask.

OP, please, take a look at this, made me sad and smile, at the same time x
metro.co.uk/2016/01/13/this-woman-knitted-a-life-size-replica-of-her-son-because-he-didnt-want-to-cuddle-her-anymore-5620468/

I knitted my husband a jumper. Sweater. Whatever. It took ages. Well, it seemed like ages. 3 months, I think. My first proper real thing, after a scarf. I was SO proud. Something that wasn't a scarf. I had to cast off and everything. He said "but one arm's longer than the other!"
I said, you've got it on back to front. Your other arm is longer, obviously. Idiot. Be grateful that I didn't knit it long enough to cover your knuckles that are scraping the ground!
That poor man xx
He took the piss out of me, so gently. He was SO tolerant

My dad is a very style concious man. My gran wasnt great at knitting but when he became a scout leader she proudly made him a v neck in the right colour to keep warm on camps etc. It was too big. Only a bit. He and my uncle made fun of the jumper but my dad wore it and they bought her more yarn. Weirdly as he grew the jumper also grew. So it was always too big.
It was lumpy, the tension was a little off. But as I was born when he was 20 and he still had the jumper and wore it for DIY etc when my gran died when I was around 20 you have to conclude that although he didn't love the jumper he loved that my gran had taken the trouble to knit it. I was even lucky enough to wear it a few times.
Knitting is so often an expression of love.
Your DH is an utter wankbadger if he thinks anyone creating things is somehow less attractive for having creative ideas and the skill to express them and the patience to bring them to fruition.
My dad still has the jumper but it is kept safe now.

Knit him a willy warmer and tell him he’d better get on board or that’s the only thing he’ll have to keep him cosy this winter

FreedomfromPE xx that made me cry xxx I'm not great at knitting either. I will keep insisting though. Sadly, hubby isn't here to take the piss out of me. He did it so gently xx He did however, leave me with 3 children who seem to have taken up that bloody mantle. Fucking little bloody heroes. LOL! xx I now deliberately knit them all jumpers with one arm longer than the other. :) AND! They actually wear them. Albeit with one sleeve pushed up.

He even sat down and let me wind wool around his hands. I didn't know why I was doing that. I'd seen my Mum do it, so it was obviously something to do with knitting. I think. I did try to teach him knitting, but he drew the line at that.

Thanks to this thread I just bought the knitting pattern for the "smash the patriarchy" socks. My 15 year old daughter will love them and she'll wave her feet towards her dad a lot. Christmas will be fun :)

Ok I'm very late to this thread.. update @DimensionalShambler ? My DH takes the Micky out of me cross stitching but totally in jest... I take the Micky out of him and his shed full of fixer upper shit

Maybe tell him you are considering a new hobby. Taxidermy perhaps?

Does he know that being a petulant twat is deeply unattractive?