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  • 4/18/2025
Just as British diver Tom Daley became a global male knitting influencer at Tokyo Olympics, this artist shows that Indian men can take to knitting as well.
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00:30I told her to teach me what she had learned from my aunt and she was very surprised that
00:43I am, you know, asking for such a thing.
00:47I was trying to figure out what, you know, what I can do with it and what the moments
00:53are.
00:54I ended up making a small flower and I got so excited.
01:06I think it was kind of my creativity that helped me fight all that, you know, stereotypical
01:12talks that I was facing.
01:24I have my customer base out in Kashmir as well, in India and also out of India as well.
01:46It was quite devastating.
01:48I had orders, I was working, but then suddenly there was no internet, I couldn't reach out
01:53to people who had made the order, I couldn't deliver it to them.
02:07I think the sort of moments involved in the craft and the sort of feedback that it gives,
02:13it's very soothing.
02:30Personally I think after the lockdown, I have seen many, many more pages on Instagram that
02:36are coming out, but they are mostly women folk.
02:39I have rarely seen a male out there to practice this craft.
02:53After you try, that's when you know what works for you, what gives you peace.

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