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.

Men wear scarves and hats too.

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

Willy warmer?

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

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

Mankini.

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

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

That’s cute, Gemma!

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

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.

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

This hat.

Which lead me to this scarf

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

ribbed hat

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

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.

this cowl has a matching hat.

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.

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

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

A male friend bought me Star Wars crochet set.

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

There you go!

Star wars AT-AT was well received here