"Kevin Abraham-Banks, a 37-year-old trucker with a shaved head and dragon tattoos, passes time at truck stops with his cocoa and knitting." is a fabulous line to read in an article about how the recession is affecting long-distance truckers.
The New York Times's Jennifer Levitz talks to several trucking driving dudes who are filling in their driving downtime with a bit of cabside crafting in her article "Idle Pastime: In Off Hours, Truckers Pick Up Stitching".
Despite the article's tendency to pick out the more 'girlie' quotes from the drivers themselves (I'm sure they said manly things too that have merely gone unquoted) it's good to see that craft is finding its way into the most unexpected of places.
While some may be horrified to think of a beardy trucker making off with the best merino at the local yarn sale, I find the idea of big burly blokes picking up stitches on a lonesome highway inspiring. Craft and let craft I say.
As long they leave at least some of the good yarn for the rest of us.
