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Honorary Domestigator: Cary Grant

Did you know that Cary Grant knitted?  If you have ever watched Mr. Lucky (1943) you knew that.  Cary Grant is an honorary Domestigay.  Take a look at this video.

What Mr. Grant contributes to the Domestigay project is that domestic arts can be masculine, political, and still fun.  Even though Grant is not a homosexual, he certainly adds an element of class to knitting to which, I think, we all can aspire.  He does, after all, knit in a suit.  But he knits to call attention the ways the domestic supports the war and the ways gender gets broken down through certain positions.  He also has other men learn to knit.  Community, politics, and classiness are all part of the Domestigay philosophy and Grant exhibits all of these (and more) here.

Now, if only I can figure out how to effing knit.  I think it is time to see if Kalamazoo has any knitting courses.  Maybe I can get someone like Mrs. Van Every to teach me.  I think I have quite “clever hands,” which she says are perfect for knitting!

 

Do you have a recommendation for an honorary Domestigator?  Send me an e-mail at: domestigay@gmail.com or message me on Facebook or leave a comment!