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Crafty Truckers
Long Haul Drivers Pick Up Quilting and Knitting to Fill Idle Hours

By: Katie Cordrey (Rockstar) Apr 4, 10

Truckers are among the increasing number of men who have taken up the manly art of knitting. Knitting helps to fill in trucking down time and has gained a lot of popularity with long haul drivers. One fellow, Tom, sells his knit socks through his wife’s Etsy shop. Another fellow, “The Knitting Guy” was keeping quite a nice blog until his mother died, but the old posts are interesting.

Knitting isn’t the only needlework occupying truckers’ minds—several have taken up sewing as well.

Source: online.wsj
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