Had to share this comment from my husband as I know it will be
appreciated here Yesterday my little girl was wearing a sweater
I had made her while we were out walking and my dh said âhmmmâŚdid you make that?â and when I said that I had he said âyeah, itâs a pretty
practical hobby you haveâ ok, now that may not mean much to others
but that is quite a compliment coming from him! Everthing needs to
have a practical application so I guess I have approvalâŚthat means
he wonât complain about yarn purchasesâŚright?
I love when they see the practicality~ my DH said something similar about my sewing habit a few years ago (sewing is like knitting in that it causes SABLE (stash accumulation beyond life expectancy :mrgreen:) (and collecting sewing machines, too!!). One time he told me it was a very good hobby, since I used my stash to make clothes for us all. I thought Iâd faint from shock! Heâd always teased me so much about the amount of fabric and number of sewing machines Iâd managed to gather over the years.
So yah! for DHâs that see the usefulness of our hobbies
After a few comments from my DH after I resumed knitting last year he knows better to say much of anything. He did actually compliment me on my last almost FO though. I have to block it. I havenât purhcased all that many sewing machines over the years, but Iâve gone through steam irons like they are giving them away from the cheapies to Rowentas. Now, there, he teases me. Hey, they, men, are all alike no matter their ages, ladies. Get used to it, I guess (coming up 45 years for me) and move on.
Letâs hope he also understands that not all yarns are created equal. :teehee:
My DH thinks almost everything I do is wonderful and Iâm lucky that he is an artist so he knows the value of quality materials and knows that Red Heart Super Saver is right down there with paint brushes from Big Lots. :roflhard:
[I]Disclaimer: I know some people love RHSS and it has itâs value for certain projects, but that is for another day. [/I]
Libbie, Iâm willing to bet that your husband, like mine, has a hobby that is more expensive then your knitting.
Mine is a Civil War re-enactor, short of gambling it away, nothing is more expensive than period re-enacting, IMO. (We live on the West coast, the âgoodâ battles are on the East coast.)
Have you ever knit him a pair of socks? Once I did that, he appreciated my change from crochet to knitting better.
Anyway, congratulations. If heâs a techie type, maybe you can get him knitting also.
Careful! Weâre not [B]ALL [/B]alike! Some of us even like to knit⌠crochet⌠quilt⌠I know Iâm not typical - but I love them all. :mrgreen: For me - it is the wife who doesnât understand. Sheâs very supportive but still doesnât really âget itâ!
My husband is super supportive of me and will actually egg me on to buy expensive yarns. He likes the stuff I knit⌠the other day I finished knitting one of the pocketbook slippers http://knitwits-heaven.tripod.com/pocket_book_slippers.htm and showed himâŚhe tried it on then decided the pattern was a little too femmy for him to request a pair! :roflhard: He always wants something knitted for him.