I'm looking forward to trying at least a few of these designs as my skill with knitting needles improves. I'm looking forward to trying at least a few of these designs as my skill with knitting needles improves. ...more
I don't care who you are - 20,000 years is a long time!
What this book tells us is simple: Women clothed the human race because it was something they cI don't care who you are - 20,000 years is a long time!
What this book tells us is simple: Women clothed the human race because it was something they could do while raising the next generation.
There are cultures where this is still the case.
It was a tradeoff - and a good one.
But the sheer skill required to create first thread then weaving it into cloth is very hard to grasp. Unless, of course, you're learning to spin yarn, like I am.
I'm going to step out on a limb ->
Women have evolved with spinning and weaving serveing an integrial need in the brain. We've been bred for this for - well - 20k years. So when I hear a woman say she loves to spin because it is relaxing (soothing is my phrase) I get it.
We live in a stressed out society. One where we are separated from creation in it's most basic forms. We are crammed into molds that fit our work, not who we are as humans. (De-humanizing happens in all aspect of our lives.)
The pull of spinning is no longer a mystery to me. There is a part of me that WANTS to spin when I'm waiting for something. I'm not looking for something to occupy my mind, like Spider or Face Book. I'm not tempted to spend endless hours on the internet. I can spin wool into yarn anywhere and any time. It's like fidgeting or smoking, without the cancer....more
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