Okay, the loom sounds incredible. It's worthy of an entire room. As for the cool neat textile aspect when we went to the ren fair, one of the fairies was making a spiderweb by spinning her own thread -- she had a clump of cotton or wool or something fluffy, then she'd pull out a part so it stretched, and then she used this cool weighty thing to both stretch the thread and spin it. It was mesmerizing. I can't help but think handspun thread/yarn would be pretty damn awesome.
The other coolness is the concept of a day laborer. I have a few insurmountable house projects, and some day if I ever ever ever have cash after groceries, this is something I'd have to look into. I'm pretty naive and stupid that way, though, so. Not to say that all day laborers are migrant illegals, but for those instances, at least D is rather fluent in spanish. He'd probably end up befriending them. Maybe then we'd get better rates in the future.
If it had a lot of stretch and she was making a really thin yarn, she was probably using a drop-spindle and spinning silk. I can do that. I also have a spinning wheel. I'm not a great spinner, but I like it that way. My nubbles make for very textured yarn.
Careful with illegals. Never know if you might run for office some day, but hey, Lorna technically hired them, and I paid her. And don't try to get a better rate. They work hard, hot, scarring jobs doing the shit we don't want to do. Pay well. It'll still cost less than skilled labor.
Go on craig's list and get bids from handymen, tell them you'll need someone who can do plywood attic flooring that's sturdy enough for daily use, electrical (so you can have outlets and light switches and ceiling fans for ventilation, heat rises, you know), plumbing (so you can have a work sink), and drywall (so you don't get tuberculosis from working next to exposed fiberglass insulation).
Bids are free. Could always do it next year, y'know, and you'll know how much money to save up.
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Okay, the loom sounds incredible. It's worthy of an entire room.
As for the cool neat textile aspect when we went to the ren fair, one of the fairies was making a spiderweb by spinning her own thread -- she had a clump of cotton or wool or something fluffy, then she'd pull out a part so it stretched, and then she used this cool weighty thing to both stretch the thread and spin it. It was mesmerizing. I can't help but think handspun thread/yarn would be pretty damn awesome.
The other coolness is the concept of a day laborer. I have a few insurmountable house projects, and some day if I ever ever ever have cash after groceries, this is something I'd have to look into. I'm pretty naive and stupid that way, though, so. Not to say that all day laborers are migrant illegals, but for those instances, at least D is rather fluent in spanish. He'd probably end up befriending them. Maybe then we'd get better rates in the future.
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Careful with illegals. Never know if you might run for office some day, but hey, Lorna technically hired them, and I paid her. And don't try to get a better rate. They work hard, hot, scarring jobs doing the shit we don't want to do. Pay well. It'll still cost less than skilled labor.
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Bids are free. Could always do it next year, y'know, and you'll know how much money to save up.
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