I start with a couple: knitting and crocheting. They are two of the two most useful things I’ve learned so far, all thanks to my grandmother and one of my aunts. Creating bags to carry things, repairing pants, jackets and backpacks, creating little cushions for my lower back or to support my wrist when I’m in the office, etc.

I still remember with some humor how my grandmother insisted to me that, as a man, I should not be ashamed of knowing how to crochet.

Oddly enough, my sister is the one who doesn’t know how to do either those things lol

  • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
    18·
    16 hours ago

    I’m a woman and the manliest thing I do is woodworking, the husband sews clothes (occasionally from fabrics I weave).

    I also do bodybuilding, but that’s hardly masculine anymore, yay!

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        12 hours ago

        I’m working on an 8 heddle (the things that make the string go up and down, it determines how complex your pattern can be), 80cm wide loom. They’re about 1200 euros to buy, and I really really want one.

        It’s not really working well, tolerances are pretty tight, but I’m pretty motivated.

        Best succesful project is probably an armor stand, handmade for husband’s larp armor. Not technically complex, but with a lot of cool hand carving