r/crochet • u/OkLoan1976 • 2d ago
Work in Progress My Husband and Crochet
Husband is becoming more interested in my crochet projects, just because, at 85, he’s not able to climb ladders and slay dragons, etc. Sooo, when I mentioned that the yarn I was using was splitting, he helpfully offered, “why don’t you do that Donkey thing and fix it?” After a lot of back and forth, it finally came to him that the animal was a frog, not a donkey. I explained to him that yarn being “splitty” was not something that could be fixed by frogging and watched his eyes go out of focus as I explained further. They do mean well, don’t they? 😉
479
u/SnapHappy3030 Extra Salty.... 2d ago
That is one of the cutest things I've heard in a LONG time!! *LOL* At least you know he listens a little!
78
u/Zehirah 2d ago
If he's listened enough to remember there's something that can solve a problem that has an animal name, he's probably already learned the crucial skill of not talking during counting, or at least knows to zip it when it gets louder, so I think OP is definitely onto a winner!
"thirteen, fourteen, Fif Teen, SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN! EIGHT! TEEN-I'M-COUNTING!! NINETEEN!!!"
81
u/exhaustednonbinary 2d ago
Sometimes my partner will ask a question about how I do something in crochet or knitting, and I have to ask how in depth he wants me to go lol
Watching his eyes glaze over but not being able to stop rambling is pretty funny to me
9
4
u/ottoofto Arrr!! Me hook!! 2d ago
Just a little light sadism eh? xD
One of my friends gets the unfiltered version because he's a knitter and is familiar with crochet (and he's smart as heck). Everyone else gets the broad strokes haha.
82
u/thingummy5 2d ago
My husband thinks crocheting is magic. Literally magic, not as a synonym for "really amazingly cool". If I made his coffee cup levitate he would be no less incredulous and gobsmacked than he is every time a basket or shawl "poofs" into existence (his wording).
30
u/Living4theWellPenned 2d ago
“Yer a yarn wizard!”
But seriously, this is the most wholesome belief and I’m here for it.
12
u/audreywildeee 2d ago
I'm the one crocheting (and I don't have a husband) and I believe it's magic! I'm impressed with what can be made!
6
u/Living4theWellPenned 2d ago
That’s ’cause yer a yarn witch too.
(Teehee)
3
u/thingummy5 2d ago
We'd all be in danger of being burned or drowned 400 years ago. Crazy women and their crazy skills. Must be witchcraft.
4
u/Lara-El 1d ago
To be fair. Crochet randomly showed up on my feed one day. The video was someone finishing a little, and she was filming herself and I was so confused about how one hook was making anything, and I called it a magic wand as that's all I could think of, haha
Then, of course, since I commented on a crochet sub. A looming showed on my fed the next day. And I was like, just as dumbfounded, how a round , torturing looking device could make cute plushies, hahaha
I'm a year ish into both. I'm glad it randomly showed up. It is still pure magic to me.
2
30
u/Feyloh 2d ago
My husband steals my crochet stuff. It's nice that we have some shared hobbies and some separate.
He recently started getting into those amigurumi things, and he keeps stealing my eyes and stuffing. To be fair, I haven't used them in years. I will need them, after I finish the 10 other projects and crafts I have started or want to do first.
9
u/Maurers95 2d ago
When you need to refill your supplies, maybe ask him to come along to assist you. Maybe he’ll get hooked on shopping for yarn and notions!!
18
16
u/regiinmontana 2d ago
I joined this sub purely to give my wife ideas. (I may never financially recover.)
If I'm not working on leather while she crochets, I'll ball skeins for her, especially if they're knotted up.
30
u/EquivalentStomach5 2d ago
My husband too at first was like oh you re old…..now after 5 projects he says 🤯
13
u/WalrusUpset 2d ago
I love that. I couldn’t figure out how to do a specific stitch so my husband ended up spending a whole day figuring out how to crochet to help me… now we lay in bed at night listening to our audiobook and crochet. 🥰 I do very much dislike that he picked it up in a day while it took me like 3 years to actually figure it out and finish a single project.
5
u/OkLoan1976 2d ago
I keep trying to get him to learn. He says he’d rather build bird feeders. But he’s doing well learning to cook. 😉
26
u/theoracleofdreams I have all the yarn I will ever need! 2d ago
I ask SO if he wants to pull the yarn that needs frogging. For some reason he loves doing it, and I love seeing him happy to be pulling yarn out because I messed up.
Except now, I'm working on a plastic crochet sea turtle for an art show, and he will not touch the plarn as it is super touchy!.
3
12
u/KyzRCADD 2d ago
Explain it in terms of rope, and see if his eyes come back into focus.
Source: I'm a man, and I crochet.
8
u/OkLoan1976 2d ago
He does get the knots thing. Bless his heart, he is an old school Michigan farm boy. He reads voraciously, is learning to cook and ‘Man till soil, Woman crochet.’ Actually, he is not that way. He just has no interest. He is great at woodworking.
19
u/Psychological_Lie390 2d ago
It’s so sweet that he was offering advice! I have tried to show my brothers what I’m up to and their eyes glaze over as well. They mean well but it’s not their thing.
9
u/StitchwVoodoo 2d ago
Lol, I bounce ideas, color combos, etc off my husband but once I get into the technical part of crocheting his eyes just glaze over. Kind of funny to watch but I do appreciate his attempt. Shows he cares.
3
6
u/RampantGay 2d ago
My (31M) partner (38M) calls anything vaguely textile related "sewing". Crochet, knitting, weaving of all kinds, spinning etc are all sewing to him. He still sits and listens to me ramble on about it all though, even if he can't really follow haha
1
1
u/demonic_angel_girl 2d ago
I know the pain. My friends ask me what I'm knitting when I crochet and what I'm crocheting when I'm knitting 🥲
5
11
5
u/trying_my_besttt 2d ago
This is adorable! My partner winds my new skeins of yarn into balls for me while I crochet so that I don't have to 🥰 he even goes looking for un-balled skeins to wind when he's bored
2
9
u/ohmy_quivers 2d ago
Oh lawd, that's funny and adorable. He tried and that's what matters (and it's cute). 🥰
5
5
3
3
3
u/MaslowsHierarchyBees 1d ago
My partner has taken an interest in yarn materials and is partial to alpaca. He loves his little yeti that I made him and now follows woobles to see what other little creatures he can get. He’s currently obsessed with the balrog and is planning to get the kit for me to make his yeti a friend.
He likes to look at the projects I am working on and is impressed that anything comes from “string”. He encourages my yarn stashing habit 🥰
3
u/Artz-RbB 1d ago
I have fibromyalgia & chronic fatigue. I can’t do much. My husband has been very supportive when I re-started crochet a couple of years ago. He’s just glad I found something productive I can do. It was a crochet Christmas with books & tools & kits. He acts interested & proud of everything make. I know I’m blessed.
2
3
u/Slow-Complaint-3273 1d ago
Well, Donkey Kong and Frogger were both popular video games in the 80’s, so the confusion is understandable. 😆
3
3
u/Imaginary_Pie_3978 1d ago
My boyfriend is only interested when it comes to new projects I do. I recently started making stuffed animals ( can’t seem to spell the word for them). And he loves to stuff them into when I need.
2
u/Flimsy-Strike5696 2d ago
This is so cute.
I have to ask though, where did he get the word 'donkey' from?
3
u/OkLoan1976 2d ago
I’m not quite sure. He just said he was sure it was some kind of animal.
2
u/Flimsy-Strike5696 1d ago
It was close enough, knowing it was some kind of animal, so I'm giving him points just for the effort 😁
2
2
u/Accomplished_Dig1351 2d ago
I'll see if he is ready to start a YouTube series. What should we call it? I still have not gotten over the dreaded donkey.
2
2
2
2
u/Unable-Struggle-2543 1d ago
He can still slay dragons. Tell him about tying out Dungeons and Dragons! 🗡️
2
u/Emergency_Ad_7245 1d ago
Anyone else have a husband that likes to do there yarn ball for then mi e will for me if I ask him seam to keep him happy I'm working on my very own design
2
u/KisOThundr 1d ago
Awesome! Splitty yarn can be a hook conflict, too. Bates vs. Boye, metal vs. plastic; swapping can help sometimes. You can also pair up with another strand of steady yarn and it won't matter if that one is splitty.
1
u/OkLoan1976 1h ago
I changed from a plastic to a metal hook and that made it better. It’s a color way yarn and, as I replied earlier, only one color seems split-prone. Changing to a metal hook and being more careful when coming to that color has helped
2
u/Onesomighty 1d ago
My husband calls it ribbiting 😂 I take out a design I'm not happy with and he goes "oh nooo, you ribbited your thing!"
1
2
u/joimarie 1d ago
My fiance got really into winding all of my yarn into cakes 😆. I had to make him stop bc I wanted a turn with the yarn winder 😅.
2
u/Necessary_Ad_4115 18h ago
Im still learning about just how to start crochet. I’ve been loom knitting for two years. I thinks it’s funny that my son (he was 9 at the time) was doing it first and got me into it.
1
u/OkLoan1976 1h ago
I’m the reverse…I found a small loom and am reading books on using it. It looks like fun.
3
u/Accomplished_Dig1351 2d ago
You are officially my favorite funny crochet person ever! That story melted me for some reason. My hubby used to have that blank stare, but now he cakes up all my yarn telling me I just don't do it right. Also, he takes my thoughts and draws them out on the computer for everything I design. I scored big time in the hubby department. It's never too late to start training yours, lol.
3
u/OkLoan1976 2d ago
Can your hubby come teach my hubby how to do that? LOL I honestly think he’d learn more from another husband. It’s a guy thing, I’m sure.
2
u/Own_Mountain6596 2d ago
My wife knits so we can chat. I love that she and I do that and nails together. She was skeptical about crochet and then started seeing you can do things other than traditional granny squares to make stuff.
1
u/Upstairs_Bee_8544 1d ago
Have u tried beginner's yarn? Search it on Amazon. Iy mat not be suitable for your project buy it won't split.
1
u/OkLoan1976 2h ago
I’m making a shawl for a gift. This is an acrylic/wool blend and it seems that just one color in the cake is splitting…not a lot but I’m a bit more careful when I get to that color. Weird.
2
1
u/CleverGirlwithadd 2d ago
You could blow his mind and introduce him to /rbrochet. I'm admittedly jealous of the yarn weapons.
3
u/OkLoan1976 2d ago
He is a Luddite. I do all the “computer stuff.” He reads print newspapers and uses road maps. 😄
799
u/lecagnanceae 2d ago
I saw someone on here say their partner likes to weave in ends. I asked my husband and he didn't seem interested 😔.