What I learned from the guys at the Men's Fall Knitting Retreat 2010:
1. When you are just guys, there are no sexist comments freaking out because you're a guy that knits.
2. Although we are all different and come from very different backgrounds; gay/straight, liberal/conservative, married/single; we know each other because we see ourselves in each other.
3. We know we're there to knit and share our love of creating, but it becomes more than the craft and truly bonds us together by our appreciation for life, each other, and ourselves.
4. In turn, we take back this appreciation to our everyday lives, hoping to reflect on it and taking a sip from that bottle when we need a refill.
5. It is a spiritual experience because it reaffirms the idea that we are all one.
6. Perhaps when more men knit, we will lose the aggression of the alpha male and maybe, just maybe, will find a new way to solve our world problems, through creating rather than destroying.
