Knits Men Want: The 10 Rules Every Woman Should Know Before Knitting for a Man~Plus the Only 10 Patterns She'll Ever Need
By Bruce Weinstein and Jared Flood
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For as long as women have been knitting, they’ve been knitting garments for men—only to have men hide their lovingly created pieces in drawers and closets. Men aren’t being intentionally cruel; they’re just not comfortable in knitwear made with bright colors, itchy yarn, or flashy designs.
So what’s a knitter to do? Understand the male psyche, says knitting instructor Bruce Weinstein. In Knits Men Want he presents ten hilarious essays, each based on a rule that helps women knit for men successfully. “Men Are Babies” explains why guys need to wear soft fabrics. “Men Hate Fittings” describes how to create a sweater based on one that’s in his wardrobe. Following each essay is a timeless master pattern, from socks, hats, and scarves to an array of sweaters, all in a range of sizes and most written for multiple gauges. With this book in hand, women finally have the secret to knitting garments that men will appreciate and actually wear.
Bruce Weinstein
Dr. Bruce Weinstein, helps organizations hire and promote high-character people. Known as The Ethics Guy, Bruce is the author of Ethical Intelligence and Is It Still Cheating If I Don’t Get Caught? An in-demand speaker, his business clients have included the Home Depot, Northrop Grumman, and the National Football League, as well as nonprofit organizations, universities, and the military. He lives in New York City.
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Reviews for Knits Men Want
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5My men wouldn't like the patterns in this book (I didn't even bother to show them). The only useful thing I found in this book was a guide to stains.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Is this satire? I hope so, because the writing and stories in here are just awful. The patterns are written fine, but I didn't see anything that inspired me to cast on.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The patterns are fine, but the text is really painful to read. If you like non-stop clichés like "men hate shopping" and "women like fashion", you'll feel right at home with this. If annoying and groundless gender stereotyping bother you, however, steer clear of this.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The patterns look okay, but the men in the stories were jerks. I wasn't able to finish reading all of them because they annoyed me so much, so maybe the others were better. Also, I would have preferred less stereotyping about what women are like and how we all love shopping, etc.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The patterns are fine, but the text is really painful to read. If you like non-stop clichés like "men hate shopping" and "women like fashion", you'll feel right at home with this. If annoying and groundless gender stereotyping bother you, however, steer clear of this.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5From years of instructing knitters and watching women knit under-appreciated gifts for the men they love, Bruce Weinstein offers 10 rules to guide women in choosing knitting patterns, fibers and colors for their men, along with a perfect pattern to illustrate each rule. After going clothes shopping with my dad, brothers, son, and former husband, who all like clothes, I found myself nodding with recognition and sometimes laughing out loud as I read each of Weinstein's "rules." Here are some great examples:For Rule No. 9, "Men are oblivious," Weinstein offers a reversible-cable scarf, so your lovingly fashioned neckwear will always look good, even if he throws it on backwards. Weinstein also helpfully explains the length and width of scarf most men are willing to accept. (Hint: It's a different length and width than you might want in a scarf, and Weinstein explains why.)Rule No. 1, "Men can't fake it," turns out to mean that men won't pretend to like something they don't, and they won't wear it, either. (Translation for the Y-chromosome-challenged: If he doesn't like cables or wool, DON'T knit him an Alice Starmore Aran sweater, no matter how good it would look on him.)I have a nineteen-year-old son who has kindly accompanied me to a yarn store several times, showed interest in what I was doing and once asked me to knit a scarf for him with yarn he loved in a pattern he picked out; sadly, the scarf has never been worn. This is thoughtfully explained by Rule No. 2: "Men resist change." Weinstein says that most men have their style pretty much set by age 15, and prefer to wear the same things over and over. (If he likes one sweater you knit for him, he may want the second one to be the same pattern, or even the same color.)Of course, Weinstein has his own great stories to illustrate each of these sad, but too-true rules. You'll want the book for his wry humor, the rest of the rules, and the 10 solid, I-can-see-him-actually-wearing-that patterns in the book, which are written in multiple gauges and sizes. Weinstein's rules will even help you pick patterns on your own your man may want to wear. But, with patterns this good, you may never need to pick another one.