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[–] palmtrees2309@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Starts to get into crochet, sewing and knitting.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 11 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Until Big Crochet buy up all the materials. Fuck Big Crochet

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

You joke, but the modern world has actually really fucked textile hobbies. One example is yarn for crochet/knitting. The major producers all moved their production to new countries in the past decade and, along with it, switched to shorter staple fiber (i.e. the individual fibers they make up the yarn are shorter).

Obviously, this makes goods made with these yarns worse, but there is also a growing, though rare, problem from people inhaling the fibers while knitting. It creates a lung disease similar to what someone who was exposed to asbestos experiences (though asbestos is much worse).

There are still ways to get artisanal yarns, maybe without plastic being one of the primary ingredients, but those are generally very expensive.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Then I will start to make my own cordage from nettles. The worse these companies become, the more I will return to monke.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 2 points 17 hours ago

This is the exact reason I bought a lathe and mill.

[–] palmtrees2309@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Big Iron taking all the iron like kung fu panda

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Just need to open-source it and print your own.

[–] palmtrees2309@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Rear your own sheep, spin your own yarn and start FOSS

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If you are willing to spin the yarn you could probably just get some wool from a farmer for very cheap/free. Its almost worthless.

[–] Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You could get some from my dog this spring when he gets his annual haircut.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 21 hours ago

We often joke about making our cat a scarf from all the fur he sheds