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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
When I was younger and in my 20s (and single) I actually brought my knitting to a bar. It instantly weeded out those who thought knitting was idiotic and stupid and/or out of place for a bar, and attracted a guy who came to my table and had a long discussion about knitting and his interest, etc. I had a great time, he bought me a drink and we chatted.
I'm married now and haven't been "in the scene" for nearly 20 years, but some of the best times I've had have been where I've just done my portable hobbies when and where I felt like it. I've never been good at following a preliminary script before getting to the real stuff, and it shows  |
Poor guys. 20 years ago they were probably sitting in the bar, looking over at you, and racking their brain trying to find something to say about knitting..
Today, they would just look on wikipedia on their smartphone, walk over, and say "Did you know that the earliest known knitted items in Europe were made by Muslim knitters employed by Spanish Christian royal families?"
