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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MadCatLady" data-source="post: 13346" data-attributes="member: 7960">I didn't really think when I set up my profile name and as I'm about to start the pathway course I can't change it at the moment.  I'd just been through a very traumatic diagnosis process and jokingly thought as I'm 61, I'll accept my autism and embrace being a mad cat lady.  I even wrote this at the end of my assessment forms, but the psychiatrist didn't have a sense of humour or seemingly much humanity.  It's only 6 weeks ago and I'm still recovering from the trauma and shock. Until last November I had no idea I might be autistic and I admit I was pretty ignorant as to what it was.You shouldn't have to hide your love of knitting.  Cara who owns my local wool shop said she had so many new male customers during Covid, she nearly set up a group for them.  And we have had men come and knit with us over the years.  I'm currently in burn out and really struggle to get out, but I used to take knitting with me on walks and sit on the beach  knitting etc.  And back in the days when I did long train journeys I would often knit and enjoy the views.For my 60th birthday I asked some friends to buy me a fantastic book called Viking knits and the designer is male and models the jumpers, along with his wife. I was fortunate to go to a very forward thinking comprehensive and back in the 70s we did woodwork, metalwork, sewing etc all in mixed groups.  The boys really enjoyed sewing and I thoroughly enjoyed learning lathe work and woodwork joints etc.  It's so sad that prejudices spoil our enjoyment of activities because of our gender.Here is one of the latest fun projects, a coat for Coco the dog belonging to a wonderful friend who lives across the road.  I think she looks rather fetching in it, and I really enjoyed the fair isle pattern matching.I'm trying to be kind to myself,but I am very frustrated as I enter my second year of not being myself and having to accept my limitations.</blockquote>

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