tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21917181.post114277541042821565..comments2023-10-05T03:58:21.488-07:00Comments on Green knitters: SpinningDeirdre Helfferichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07176487150966377070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21917181.post-1143533942173494162006-03-28T00:19:00.000-08:002006-03-28T00:19:00.000-08:00I found out a couple of days ago that my other nex...I found out a couple of days ago that my other next-door neighbor also knows how to spin, plus another local woman. So it seems there are plenty of spinners in the vicinity.Deirdre Helfferichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176487150966377070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21917181.post-1143223021872602972006-03-24T09:57:00.000-08:002006-03-24T09:57:00.000-08:00PS: I'm looking forward to learning to spin. It se...PS: I'm looking forward to learning to spin. It seems like something that would be relaxing. Knitting certainly is. I just LOVE doing things that are meditative and productive at the same time!Deirdre Helfferichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176487150966377070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21917181.post-1143070988313764292006-03-22T15:43:00.000-08:002006-03-22T15:43:00.000-08:00Hmf. Spoilsport. I didn't say anything about aband...Hmf. Spoilsport. I didn't say anything about abandoning antibiotics, just about slower shipping times. There were many things about the past that were just dandy--just as there were a heck of a lot of horrors. And the same is true of the present. <BR/><BR/>I don't imagine that we'll be stuck, as we were pre-industrial revolution, with no way to spin or create fabric other than by hand. But I expect that we will be rediscovering the utility of technologies now considered outmoded (such as your low-tech waterwheels or your zeppelins) because they don't rely on (formerly) cheap, big-bang-for-the-buck oil. But alongside our new, clean technologies (solar power, wind generators) are those old ways, some of which weren't so bad, even if slowish.Deirdre Helfferichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176487150966377070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21917181.post-1142782041575814712006-03-19T07:27:00.000-08:002006-03-19T07:27:00.000-08:00>Ah, the mystery of far-off places will yet return...>Ah, the mystery of far-off places will yet return!<BR/><BR/>Don't be too nostalgic. There were no antibiotics, remember, so you could die if you cut yourself. <BR/><BR/>We should be working on fixes for the future, not romanticizing the past, because it really wasn't very pretty. I for one do not want to go back.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with the spinning. It's fun, relaxing, and addicting!Donna Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456352318216873030noreply@blogger.com