a veritable nexus of culture and refinement

it shouldn't be surprising that crochet is a hobby mostly populated by moms, because textile crafts have not actually left being "women's hobbies" in any way since they were the Required task of women to clothe their families and make bedding and etc etc like you could do 10 books on what has changed for women and textiles in america since the early colonization days and people have.

but thats not what this post is about this post is about when im on ravelry and i realize that theres still a massive chunk of crocheting that is still exclusively practiced by like, The Housewife, The Mom, the Veteran Wife like even though these moms no longer HAVE to clothe their children its still the thing to spend your time making shrugs and headbands and scarfs and prayer veils, and on the other hand ornaments celebrating america or your home state or the nebulous concept of Veterans, like crafts gesturing at the continued conservative lifestyle of white, american mothers from those early days of colonization . i sound insane but its all real i think. Like these strains of thought. Anyway a lot of other people are making amigurumis of BTS members