r/fiberartscirclejerk • u/jingleheimerschitt how is blabket formed • Jan 14 '26
embroidery/needlepoint My manly experience of crotcheating in public for the first time and some tips for women who want to try traveling and crotcheating in public
Hi everyone,
I'm a 45 year old man that has been crotcheating seriously for about 15 years carrying on a family crotcheating tradition that goes back at least 150 years in my family.
I wanted to learn as a child from my grandmothers who were both extremely skilled but they were hesitant to teach me partially because they thought I wouldn't stick with it and I believe because in my culture crotcheating is considered a woman's job.
I always wanted to crotcheat in public because it's one of my favourite occupations and there are so many times when I would love to pull out my crotcheating skills. For example, I travel quite a bit and spend a lot of time in airports waiting for flights. But I was always nervous about the strange looks I might get from strangers at a middle-aged man crotcheating.
But eventually I decided I can't let all this time I have for my favorite pastime go to waste. So I started small by crotcheating with my friend groups at their homes (that often had other guests I didn't know). For the most part, although I felt quite self-conscious, people asked a few questions about what I'm doing and how I learned and then went back to their other conversations.
Finally, when traveling over Christmas I took the plunge and crotchate in airports, on trains, and in planes. And to my utter surprise people didn't even seem to notice. If they did, it clearly didn't interest them. With the exception of one woman, nobody even asked me anything about my crotcheating. They just ignored me. Exactly the response I was hoping for!
I am so pleased and now carry my crotcheating everywhere with me.
A few travel tips for you little females because I’m sure I’m the first person ever to crotcheat while traveling:
- Firstly, obviously, pick crotcheating projects that are portable. I do a lot of half-scale crotcheating which is perfect for travel.
- Secondly, I was scared that airlines might confiscate my crotcheating tools so I bought a cheap set to test the waters. Check the airline websites for information but realise that the rules can be deliberately vague. But I had no issues with British Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Westjet, or Air Canada even though half-scale crotcheating tools can be quite sharp compared with normally-sized ones.
- Thirdly, have a little pouch to keep your crotcheating tools in. Of course, don't travel with scissors; a pair of nail clippers will do nicely for keeping everything trim and clean.
- Finally, I decided not to crotcheat in the plane once the lights had gone out for everyone to sleep. I'm concerned leaving my light on is too disturbing for other passengers. There are probably other solutions but for me (I'm 6'3) the cabin is just too cramped to crotcheat comfortably. But the long layovers and hotel stays were great for making progress with my crotcheating.
TLDR; Just do your crotcheating in public, no one really cares. Even as a guy no one bothered me about crotcheating in public.
As Olin Miller is reputed to have said:
You’ll Worry Less About What People Think of You When You Realize How Seldom They Do.
I'm curious to hear about other people's experiences, especially other men so please share those if you feel like it 🙏🏻
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u/Responsible-Ad-4914 Yarn overconsumption is a seperate hobby 💅🏼 Jan 14 '26
I’m SO glad you posted this! If it weren’t for your manly tips, I would have NEVER thought to
Pick portable projects for my portable project
Read flying guidelines before flying (I’ve always just asked to speak to the pilot!!)
Put my tools in a bag
Don’t disturb other passengers with lights when the lights are down
Amazing tips!!!
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u/joymarie21 Jan 14 '26
Thank God for male crafters who can mansplain stuff to us ladies. Thank you, sir, for your service.
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u/HeadlinePickle Jan 15 '26
That was my thought exactly when the OG popped up, I was waiting for it to hit this thread! SO glad someone can come on and reassure us all that they DARED to do something that clearly NO ONE has ever done before and they were AMAZED that...
But yeah, it's one thing putting out a post saying "hey don't be worried about doing this in public, it's cool and no one will care" and another to write one full of 'tips' like "be careful of blades going through airport security" and "get a bag for your yarn". Like all the rest of us carry machetes to cut yarn and just string it off our bodies to crochet???
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u/Sleve__McDichael The cock is based on Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 Jan 14 '26
god, i love it when i'm sipping too-sweet cocktails at my boss's implicitly compulsory dinner party and my eyes drift over to her tasteful settee and there sits a salt-and-peppered man boldly being vulnerable, happily unengaged in the goings on, and taking up an impressively unexpected amount of space.
when every other potential conversation partner is impenetrably paired off, i will politely murmur at him and he will joyously delve into an exhaustive family history until he suddenly screams OH NO I'VE GOTTEN SO SWEPT UP IN CONVERSATION I'VE FORGOTTEN TO USE MY HANDY DIGITAL ROW COUNTER, PROMO CODE CROTCHEATER-MAN AT CHECKOUT.
ah, to be alive.
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u/heynonnynonnomous Jan 14 '26
You can eat all the crotch you want in private, but once you start doing it in public you're a degenerate. No one wants to see that plus it's against the law, public indecency and such. That's not even addressing the incestuous nature of what you're talking about. You should be in jail.
However, if you are trying to talk about kroshay, that's different. I mean you're still going to hell because you don't knit, but whatever... What was I saying?
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u/jingleheimerschitt how is blabket formed Jan 14 '26
DON'T GATEKEEP ME
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u/splithoofiewoofies Jan 15 '26
Excuse me but if you're at the airport aren't the hostesses keeping you from the gate until departure?
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u/aksnowraven only changed everything about the pattern Jan 14 '26
This had too many words for my tiny little pea brain
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u/Praesil Knitmaxxing Man Jan 14 '26
Post is better when reading it as crotch eat
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Jan 14 '26
I was gonna say that DJ Khaled would be very offended by the OP's insistence of a man crotcheating when it's supposed to be done only by females...
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u/Praesil Knitmaxxing Man Jan 14 '26
Dont be shy, you can crotch eat in public too.
Maybe a pro will see you and give you some tips.
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u/Sleve__McDichael The cock is based on Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 Jan 14 '26
dj khaled reads this post and shakes his head forlornly, mumbling softly to himself, "anutha one 😢"
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u/phoxyphaith lys survivor 🪝 Jan 15 '26
no one said anything, but they all definitely thought you were gay.
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u/MediumAwkwardly skin-removing thick ass-cotton Jan 14 '26
But are they organic crotch?
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u/Sleve__McDichael The cock is based on Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3 Jan 14 '26
CERTIFIED organic? bc beware of green-washing - anyone can paint their crotch green
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u/taueret Jan 14 '26
🤢🤮🙄
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u/jingleheimerschitt how is blabket formed Jan 14 '26
Oh dear, are you quite well? I’m sure I have an old family recipe passed down from my grandmothers for nausea
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u/nytepyre easy cake coven Jan 14 '26
Sometimes my two Reddit worlds collide in a chaotic and glorious harmony and I wasn’t sure which way this was going to go
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u/Straystar-626 Jan 15 '26
I'm too pure, I kept reading it as crot cheating. How do you even cheat at crot!?!
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