The manly art of knitting. For quite some time, knitting was a masculine trade. There were apprenticeships and mystery guilds. People spent an average of three years apprenticed as a knitter, then had to journey for several years, bring back new patterns and/or techniques, and knit a masterpiece if they wanted to achieve master status. It's only after the Industrial Revolution destroyed traditional trades and ways of life that knitting became a feminine coded hobby. Let's get knitting, men. Who'