Gender and Knitting

For the past few weeks
I've been reading articles
by female knitters lamenting
that more males are not
entering the vortex of knitting.

I have tried without success
to intuit why this topic
keeps crossing my screen.

I lack passion
for the subject.

My husband
(God Bless Him!)
took textiles in college.

He can repair a loom,
design a weaving project,
spot a threading error from
across the room.

He could knit if he so chooses.

My grand boys
find my knitting interest worthy
strictly from a civil engineering
perspective.

"Nana,
What is that going to be?
How wide is it?
How long will it be.
What is it made of?
What shape does it make?
On and on."

I do hope they will appreciate fiber art:
Design elements
Fiber
Texture
Color

And will not ask
me to design and knit
a mock Sears' tower or
a full-length cloak for
Dark Vader.

And if they choose to knit
God Bless!