Thank you for recognizing the value of making things ourselves we would otherwise have to purchase. I engage in a lot of that activity when it comes to textiles and food--like women of all cultures traditionally have done to help keep their families fed and warm. This production avoids the tax man, too, mostly. !BBH
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Since what we make ourselves doesn't incur tax liability, nor do we settle for mere wages for our productive work, but owe nothing to capitalists since they don't own the means of our production (unless we borrow to buy it, and then just to service that debt, not based on our production), 100% of our products are ours to keep, to disburse as we see fit, at our sole discretion and option.
When we make what we need we are free indeed.
Last week I went out hunting crawdads, and as a result learned how to make Crawfish Etouffe, which turned out to be delicious and a pleasant switch from just dipping them in garlicy butter. When we undertake to produce we learn new ways to produce new things and gain the ability to enjoy things we haven't before.
I confess I am tempted to learn about textiles. My grandmother taught me to knit when I was eight, and although I enjoyed it I was unable to continue after our visit was over, since no one I knew knitted, nor did I have anywhere to get the tools and supplies on Baranof Island in Alaska, where we resided. So it is but a very dim memory for me, now in my 60s, and I have this week agreed to build a shower from scratch, roof a house, and remodel a kitchen in an RV, as well as replaced all my countertops in my own kitchen. I likely do not have time to take up knitting, in addition to all I am already doing - and if I did it would cut into my entertainment, such as reading Hive and good comments from good people here.
But, there is a shop nearby that provides tools and supplies to start with sheep, which is certainly a full exposure to the process of knitting! I may have to visit Wool and Wheel. Perhaps next week.
Thanks!
I always have some knitting in my car, by my chair, and in my purse to take advantage of bits of time. I do sewing, patterns, alterations, etc. as well as some crochet and a little weaving. I have spinning on my bucket list. As for food, I love to do preserves and pickles and have a dehydrator.
I have a water bath canner that I put up a dozen quarts of blackberries with a couple years ago, learning to do so then. I am searching for a pressure cooker to tackle tuna, meats, and prepared meals. I have cases of jars, rings, and seals next to my sofa and under my bed. I have collected a couple pounds of raspberries by foiling the deer this year, and am bound and determined to get some salal, native huckleberries, and more blackberries too, this year.
I can't not do it. I'm like an addict, LOL!
Edit: oh yeah, I forgot I have planted half a dozen cucumber plants I intend to learn how to can this year. I have been collecting the juice from my favorite pickles all year. I dunno what I'm doing, but my fridge (the big one) is half filled with jars of pickle juice.
!BBH
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