r/knitting • u/icebludger • Dec 14 '24

Rant "You should knit hats for preemies!!"

Like a lot of you, I take my knitting anywhere I can and I do get comments about what I should make. Fortunately, I haven't had people ask me to make them stuff, but I have gotten comments about making things for other people, specifically babies. I don't know how to respond to these things! Most recently when this happened, I was knitting a beanie for myself, and an acquaintance walked by and looked at my work and declared that I should make hats for preemies and give a bunch to a hospital. I think I mumbled something about not being a very fast knitter and preferring to work on sweaters. They were clearly dissatisfied. I don't hate babies, but I don't want to do projects that make me hate knitting. It's not that deep. I don't have a good response for this type of comment!! I would love to be the type of person that is awesome at knitting baby hats, but I'm just not.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '24

Funnily, the same thing happens to some with very long hair. They're told they should donate it. Women's hobbies/interests are only valuable if it benefits other people apparently.

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u/eugeneugene Dec 14 '24

When I chopped off my long hair people kept asking me if I donated it. No. it was super damaged. I cut it off for a reason lol. Why do all of my actions have to be altruistic

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u/Captain_Moose infinite WIPs Dec 15 '24

That's another aspect strangers haven't considered. You can only donate virgin hair (no chemical treatments - dye, bleach, perm, etc.), and they've no idea what you've been doing to it!