Reddit mentions of Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men

Even better, Rosy Grier loved needlepoint. He even wrote a book of patterns. For men!

Of course not. Needlepoint, on the other hand...

I am a 50-year-old man, and I started doing needlepoint, and later cross stitch as well, when I was a teenager. Back then, it was a pretty big novelty, but I quickly learned not to give a fuck. In the 1970s, there was an African-American (American) football player named Rosie Grier who published a book called "Needlepoint for Men." http://www.amazon.com/Rosey-Griers-Needlepoint-Men-Grier/dp/0802704212 It was a pretty big deal.

Just the other day I was doing x stitch at work during a meeting, and afterwards, someone made conversation with me and mentioned Grier. It had been a long time since someone had mentioned him to me. You can see some of my work here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tippiedog/sets/72157631913804704/

Have fun and learn to take enjoyment from defying people's expectations.

You guys need to pick up a copy of Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men!

Yeah you definitely don't hear from too many dudes who do needlework, but they're out there! Hell even some former NFL Pro Bowlers are stitchers.

A real man isn’t concerned about how other people perceive their masculinity.

Rosie Greer 1. was 2-time Pro Bowl player and 3-time All Pro player 2. loved needlepoint and even wrote a book about it and 3. went through life choosing to be called Rosie.

Just live your life the way you want to. Fuck anyone who tries to tell you what a man should be.

Pro-Football and Ballet

https://www.balletbarresonline.com/blogs/news/93291073-why-do-football-players-practice-ballet

https://healthyliving.azcentral.com/can-ballet-lessons-improve-football-skills-2944.html

They don't know much about pro-sports. The top athletes practice ballet, yoga, mindfulness, and go to a therapist.

Pro Footballer wrote a book on needlepoint.

https://www.amazon.com/Rosey-Griers-Needlepoint-Men-Grier/dp/0802704212

You're essentially saying people aren't allowed to have interests or abilities outside their profession or main talent.

So for example Rosey Grier is "known for" being a badass NFL player, but saying that's "all" he can do reduces him to a one-dimensional caricature of a dumb jock. Besides playing football, Grier can sing, is an ordained minister... and [knits] (https://www.amazon.com/Rosey-Griers-Needlepoint-Men-Grier/dp/0802704212).

As long as an interest or ability hasn't been specifically ruled out by the canon I don't really have a problem with fan media speculating on what characters do on their off time.

Copies of Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men are still available.

You and Rosey Grier have stuff to talk about! (And NO ONE makes fun of him because even at 79 he can mess. You. Up.)

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No one told this NFL Pro-Bowler that his hobby was geeky or...whatever.

I get the feeling anyone buying that book is doing so strictly for ironic value. For all you aspiring hipsters, the Amazon link.