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* ''Film/{{Goyokin}}''. Magobei has left his clan to go WalkingTheEarth as a {{ronin}}, but his wife Shino is introduced working a loom like a dutiful wife should, even though for all she knows her husband is dead. The ForeignRemake involving a Mexican aristocratic family has the same scene.



* ''Film/TheMasterGunfighter''. Eula is introduced working a loom, likely an ''Odyssey'' ShoutOut as the hero abandoned her to go WalkingTheEarth as a gunfighter, but she's still awaiting his return even though others try to convince her he's dead.
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* ''Film/TheMasterGunfighter''. Eula is introduced working a loom, likely an ''Odyssey'' ShoutOut as the hero abandoned her to go WalkingTheEarth as a gunfighter, but she's still awaiting his return even though others try to convince her he's dead.

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* Averted in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' where all of the sewing club members (who make the shows superpowered school uniforms) seem to be male and both of the Kamui were created by men, [[spoiler:the same man in fact.]]
** That said Nui is probably the most feminine character in the series and she's the tailor for the BigBad so it's not just men. [[spoiler:She did pose as a guy, though, and apparently made the disguise herself.]]

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* Averted in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' where ''Anime/KillLaKill'':
** Averted, as
all of the sewing club members (who make the shows superpowered school uniforms) seem to be male and both of the Kamui were created by men, [[spoiler:the same man man, in fact.]]
** That said said, Nui is probably the most feminine character in the series and she's the tailor for the BigBad BigBad, so it's not just men. [[spoiler:She did pose as a guy, though, and apparently made the disguise herself.]]



* FriendToAllLivingThings: Laura's more inclined to animals than she is to humans, considering her horse and dog her best friends, and also opposing hunting animals.
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*''Anime/LauraThePrairieGirl'': The Ingall women love to sew, but while Laura's mother and older sister are good at it, Laura herself leaves a lot to be desired.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Laura's more inclined to animals than she is to humans, considering her horse and dog her best friends, and also opposing hunting animals.

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* In ''Oak Hill'', Elaine is the sewer. Even Maris borrows a needle from her to do some.

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* ''Literature/NoryRyansSong'': Nory is a poor seamstress and makes a mess of the shawl she tries to stitch. In contrast, Anna is talented at sewing, which comes up twice: [[spoiler:she gives Nory a shawl she sewed, which Nory sells to Lord Cunningham's wife for coins to buy food and get Maggie's package from the post office, and in the end she fixes Nory's ruined shawl and gives it to her to wear for her journey to America.]]
* In ''Oak Hill'', ''Literature/OakHill'', Elaine is the sewer. Even Maris borrows a needle from her to do some.



* Jessica Day George's ''Princess of the Midnight Ball'' plays this: hero Galen is an active knitter, much to the surprise of the women. One comments that they had knitted, and knitted, and knitted for the soldiers, and Galen has to tell her that none of it ever reached him. [[spoiler:he actually uses his skills to make the charms that defeat the King Under Stone]]. He notes that it's a useful skill for a soldier: it helps pass the time and the ability to make a nice warm pair of socks comes in handy.

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* ''Literature/ThePrincessesOfWestfalin'': Jessica Day George's ''Princess of the Midnight Ball'' plays this: hero Galen is an active knitter, much to the surprise of the women. One comments that they had knitted, and knitted, and knitted for the soldiers, and Galen has to tell her that none of it ever reached him. [[spoiler:he actually uses his skills to make the charms that defeat the King Under Stone]]. He notes that it's a useful skill for a soldier: it helps pass the time and the ability to make a nice warm pair of socks comes in handy.
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The UsefulNotes/IndustrialRevolution was the TropeBreaker, slowly working down the tasks. Though early textile mills relied on a young female workforce, spinning and weaving were among the first things that automation took over. In [[TheFifties the 1950s]], the {{Housewife}} had a sewing machine. Since then, textile arts have [[PopularityPolynomial seesawed]] between "cool hobby" (which is where they are now) to "fit only for [[NeedleworkIsForOldPeople old ladies]]" (which is where they were in [[TheEighties the 1980s]]). Naturally, since most writers are middle-aged and grew up in the 1980s, media directed at young males mostly perpetuates the inaccurate (and rather strange) idea that nobody knits anymore. Cue laughter from the 8.5 million users (2% of whom are guys) of Ravelry.

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The UsefulNotes/IndustrialRevolution was the TropeBreaker, slowly working down the tasks. Though early textile mills relied on a young female workforce, spinning and weaving were among the first things that automation took over. In [[TheFifties the 1950s]], the {{Housewife}} had a sewing machine. Since then, textile arts have [[PopularityPolynomial seesawed]] between "cool hobby" (which is where they are now) to and "fit only for [[NeedleworkIsForOldPeople old ladies]]" (which is where they were in [[TheEighties the 1980s]]). Naturally, since most writers are middle-aged and grew up in the 1980s, media directed at young males mostly perpetuates the inaccurate (and rather strange) idea that nobody knits anymore. Cue laughter from the 8.5 million users (2% of whom are guys) of Ravelry.
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: Later, she can assure him that his mother must have loved him on this ground:

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