Whenever I work on my afghans at work, men come by and ask me why I’m making so many hotpads. I find it annoying sometimes and amusing sometimes that they assume that yarn work must have a useful product and they can only imagine that the use of circles and squares would be as kitchen implements that a woman would use. I sometimes tell them that the pieces are going to be placed together as a bit of artwork to hang on a wall, but I don’t think they understand. Even if I show them photos of the pieces being put together, they still don’t think of yarn work as “art.” It is only a craft unless it is in a museum, I guess. Or only a craft if a woman is doing it.
It’s gorgeous!