Peru

In the western world it is mainly women that knit and as a hobby. Of course we have Tom Daley who rose to knitting fame with his chequered patchwork cardigan and there are probably many other men knitting in their spare time. There is an island off Peru mainland called Taquile whose tradition it was for men to knit and the women to go about the daily work farming. Today men in Taquile continue to knit the traditional Chullo and another type of hat called the Montera, a Quech