{"id":68522,"date":"2021-03-06T12:36:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T17:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=68522"},"modified":"2021-03-06T12:43:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T17:43:12","slug":"our-men-who-like-to-sew-article-linked-in-huffington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/our-men-who-like-to-sew-article-linked-in-huffington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Men Who Like to Sew Article Linked in Huffington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We were delighted to see that our recent <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/for-men-who-love-to-sew\/\" target=\"_blank\">For Men Who Like to Sew<\/a> article has been linked to from none other than the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.fr\/entry\/les-hommes-aussi-se-passionnent-pour-la-couture-depuis-le-premier-confinement_fr_602e82edc5b66dfc101cdb1e\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post France edition<\/a>!&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For readers not familiar with the US media scene, the Huffington Post was launched back on May 9, 2005 in New York by Adrianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbard, and several others as an online news and commentary site.   It has since grown to have many international editions including in France, so we're delighted they found our content useful enough to link to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-so-sew-easy wp-block-embed-so-sew-easy\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vJD52iiGKh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/for-men-who-love-to-sew\/\">For Men Who Love to Sew<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;For Men Who Love to Sew&#8221; &#8212; So Sew Easy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/for-men-who-love-to-sew\/embed\/#?secret=vJD52iiGKh\" data-secret=\"vJD52iiGKh\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the article in Huffington Post France by Cl\u00e9ment Arbrun appears in French, most browsers will translate it for you into English is that's your preferred language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article talks about how many men have used the lockdown to learn new skills like sewing.  And that how learning this skill has helped manage the boredom and depression from the long periods of confinement that some have suffered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.fr\/entry\/les-hommes-aussi-se-passionnent-pour-la-couture-depuis-le-premier-confinement_fr_602e82edc5b66dfc101cdb1e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"459\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-500x459.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68583 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-500x459.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-250x229.jpg 250w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1.jpg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/459;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-500x459.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-500x459.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-768x704.jpg 768w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1-250x229.jpg 250w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is something we've written about before as well in our article called <a href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/sewing-fights-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sew Your Blues Away &#8211; How Sewing Fights Depression<\/a>, which I recommend you check out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-so-sew-easy wp-block-embed-so-sew-easy\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9vp2vGXH9H\"><a href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/sewing-fights-depression\/\">Sew Your Blues Away! &#8211; How Sewing Fights Depression<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Sew Your Blues Away! &#8211; How Sewing Fights Depression&#8221; &#8212; So Sew Easy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/sewing-fights-depression\/embed\/#?secret=9vp2vGXH9H\" data-secret=\"9vp2vGXH9H\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the part where the article links to us, which I've translated below, the author mentions how sewing can be quite easy to learn for men and also highlights the interesting fact that something like 6 to 8% of our readers at So Sew Easy are men &#8211;which we think is really great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, that 6 to 8% figure was correct back in 2018 when our article was first published.  Upon checking the current numbers, especially since the lockdowns, that number has more than doubled to now 16% of male readership which is even better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Some even associate this mania for sewing with DIY.&nbsp;Ideal for breaking clich\u00e9s with irony.&nbsp;This is also what the specialized blog \u201cSo Sew Easy\u201d is practicing &#8211; sewing so easy.&nbsp;\u201cThe truth is that the mechanics of sewing are not that much different from carpentry, because it is also a matter of measurement, cut and construction.&nbsp;In short, sewing is also for you guys, and should I say: Welcome to the club! \u201d, We&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/for-men-who-love-to-sew\/\" target=\"_blank\">have fun.&nbsp;<\/a>A sign of this curiosity, 6 to 8% of the blog's readers are men.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"604\" data-src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance-500x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68582 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance-500x604.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance-250x302.jpg 250w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance.jpg 732w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/604;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance-500x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance-500x604.jpg 500w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance-250x302.jpg 250w, https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HuffFrance.jpg 732w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Look for this link in the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<h2>If You'd Like To Support Our Site<\/h2>\r\nIf you want to help us continue to bring you a wide selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/free-sewing-patterns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free sewing patterns<\/a> and projects, please consider buying us a coffee.\u00a0 We'd really, really appreciate it.\r\n\r\n<center><div class=\"ko-fi-button\" data-text=\"Buy me a coffee!\" data-color=\"#ff5f5f\" data-code=\"\" id=\"kofiShortcode861Html\" style=\"float: none; 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