This post has got me thinking. In it, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (for the non-knitters who read this, and possibly for some of the knitters too, she is a "celebrity" knit blogger, who has also published books about knitting) is talking about the way non-knitters struggle to understand the things knitters do and the way you can't pigeon-hole them.
I don't think I agree. I mean, I agree that you can't pigeon-hole them, but a) that's hardly unique to knitters and b) I'm pretty sure there are a lot of non-knitters out there who would imagine that you can.
It's like anything really. Take people who watch a sci-fi show like Buffy. Most people who don't watch sci-fi, would guess that sci-fi watchers are male and geeky. That's the stereotype. Through being a sci-fi fan and a member of the WD, I've met people of different ages and genders. Ask a non-knitter about knitters and you'll find that they expect them to be older women. That's the knitter stereotype. It's why people get confused when they see younger people knitting and men knitting.
The thing is, knitters are not really any different to anyone else. Except they like to take yarn and needles and make fabric.
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