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subdue it with a sweater
New Pal
USA
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4ply
New Pal
USA
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 Posted - 05/18/2007 : 07:25:10 AM
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I have to agree with Fran waaaaaaaay back on page 1 - "combine math and science and creativity"...as an IT professional, my favorite project ever was my Fibonacci Sequence scarf... it was googols of fun!
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nrsbear
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 05/24/2007 : 1:53:39 PM
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Male knitter here...nurse by training, performing arts (theater) by love.
I can so understand engineers and techies and such finding knitting interesting. It's highly mathmatical, can be VERY exacting...but it puts out a product a little warmer and cuddlier than a skyscraper or a well-excicuting program.
Attention to detail is stimulating and it usue another part of their brain.
Being from the creativie side---I find my self not such much about the detail (look at my first cabled sock and the REALLY intersting I did the heel gusset and decrease and ope hole here and there) but about the overall presentation.
If I can hold it up 5 feet from you and you say "Wow", that's what I want. I don't want you to examine it and say, "OHhhhh..there's a yo hole here right next to the cable...or..."THAT'S an interesting way to have done that...." Go for the WHOLE impression :-)
nrsbear
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Durango
Chatty Knitter
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Posted - 06/16/2007 : 12:09:07 PM
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| I'm a female knitter, just started this year. I was a biochemistry major in college and am now in heath care. I like the mathematical part of knitting, taking a conceptually one dimensional object like yarn and turning it into a 3 dimensional object like a sock or a hat. I also love the mathematical aspects of lace knitting. I've enjoyed needlework and crafts all my life, so knitting seems like a natural fit with the scientific part of me. I've noticed that female knitting bloggers seem to be likely to be techies, but maybe the non-techies don't blog or use a computer as a resource for their knitting. I would expect that engineers, male and female, would be naturals as knitters: essentially practical, good at making things and figuring things out, usually methodical, and just basically nice people. |
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Pekoe
New Pal
Canada
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Posted - 01/06/2008 : 7:22:10 PM
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I've come to love knitting in such a short time. While still an undergraduate student, I am studying to become a registered nurse. A male nurse and a male knitter are both somewhat uncommon, aren't they?
I can't say I like knitting for the mathematical aspects of it; math was never my strong point anyhow. The repetitive, almost meditative act of knitting is what I really enjoy. That, and the creativity aspect of it all. |
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MindyO
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 01/06/2008 : 11:16:55 PM
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Not to throw off your vibe or anything, but I am kind of weird I guess. First off I'm a girl... so count me out now if you want  I don't have a "real job" as in I went to college and have a career. I DID go to college to be an electrical tech so I could 'fix stuff' dropped out when I realized I didn't want to be a TV repair chick.
I currently work as a customer service rep and use a computer with lots of navigation between several programs to help the customers. I'm also one of those people that never actually reads directions unless I absolutely have to. I'm a look at the pictures and pieces on hand and figure it out in your head kind of person. I thrive with Ikea directions! Most of my knitting is also done this way, I think about it and just kind of work it out as I go. I'm also a poke the buttons and hope for the best rather than actually read the manual person. Cell phone, GPS, TV...no manuals unless absolutely needed for a specific function.
So I'm pretty sure I'd be a non techie, no title or degree. But oh so technically inclined... |
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Chayah
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 01/07/2008 : 05:53:53 AM
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I am a non-techie Hebrew teacher, love to knit. My hubby knitted all the way through grad school, he is a psychiatric social worker and refuses to knit any more. He is more technologically savvy than I am, and is also a sculptor. I am enjoying this thread, thanks for starting it.
"When I was young I admired clever people. Now that I'm old I admire kind people."(A.J.Heschel) |
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pultzr
Chatty Knitter
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Posted - 02/03/2008 : 05:28:19 AM
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I agree that ther is a certain mathematical aspect to knitting I however am a early childhood teacher (2-5). But I know thta when I start using more complicated patterns I will probably have to read them over 50 times.
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Noodles
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 03/27/2008 : 08:45:05 AM
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I am a male knitter and I have no interest in technology Im going to school now to become a College teacher in english and theatre
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MINItron
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 04/13/2008 : 02:27:36 AM
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I am a Male knitter. I am also an Avionics Technician in the US Navy. I am also one of those creative/techie combinations. I enjoy making things with my hands, and knitting appeals to both sides. I also have a lot of the symptoms of dyscalculia. As a result I tend to see numbers as patterns, so knitting fits into that as well.
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eldergirl
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 04/16/2008 : 4:16:29 PM
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I was a custom designer/dressmaker for 37 years, and I made my own designs and patterns. Now I write and interpret knitwear designs for fun, and am a passionate knitter! I think design of any sort is very technical, and used to defend dressmaking as "yes, Virginia, it IS rocket science!" Well, maybe.......but engineering and creativity are a wonderful, awesome joyful combination in a person!
Yay for geek artists!
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chiral
Warming Up
Australia
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Posted - 02/28/2010 : 04:32:08 AM
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I've been a primary school teacher (specializing in music) and have just completed a degree in Biology/Geology and a minor in Paleontology.
Not sure if this puts me in the engineering category but I do dabble in computer programming in my "spare time".
I draft my own sewing patterns and design all my own knitting so I guess there's a maths element somewhere.
Steve
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virgilmacgreg
New Pal
Canada
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Gibson Girl
Chatty Knitter
USA
148 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2011 : 10:50:33 AM
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| Professional female artist/painter here with minimal math skills. I've been knitting for nearly 50 years and frequently figure out a stitch pattern by looking at the photographs(not the directions or charts)in knit books. So I guess you'd say I'm a visual person and that there are several ways to approach knitting. |
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Occupation of Male Knitters - Is there a trend?
