Well, you can count on someone like a soldier to appreciate something handmade and useable! lol. And that teacher! Oy Vey! Not only a poor educator, she certainly wasn't doing anything for the child's self image, or respect for you!!
When I spin, or knit, in public here, a lot of people think it's 'neat', some people think it is crazy, putting so much effort into something you can buy cheap, and already done. But, you pay cheap, you get cheap. I hardly pay anything for the fibers that go into my works (not because they are 'cheap', just raw. Compared to what you would pay for a finished, natural fiber item, or even just the yarn, raw fibers are way less expensive!), most of the 'cost' is in the time and labor to get from critter to finished. But the meditative qualities, the satisfaction of having my child or hubby wearing something I made for them, and the sheer love of playing with the critters and/or the fibers is enough 'pay' for me. Let alone the health benifits of wearing natural fibers vs. synthetics, which I think Holly can agree with me on, lol. I HATE syntetic anything, lol. Before I learned to knit, I didn't have a clue how techincal it really is, or can be rather. But, I never dreamed I would be doing what I do now! I still shy away from the math parts of it, if I can get away with it, but it is slowly stretching my mind and I am getting the intellectual beneifits from it as well, lol.Kim http://www.blessedfarm.com http://www.Blessedfarm.etsy.com ~ my online fiber shop! To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
