This is exactly what it's like becoming a hobby machinist. Start off with a drill press, end up making all your own tools.
20 0 ReplyYep I had the same experience with coffee. Started with a shitty nespresso machine, moved up to a manual machine, then semi automatic. Now I'm roasting my own beans. I would legit buy a coffee farm and make a living out of it, if I get the opportunity.
10 0 Replyyep and if it's your job all you wanna do is buy a mill and a laith but money and space :(
3 0 ReplyThere is always space, I have seen guys turn their kitchen into a machine shop, lol.
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You can also branch out into gardening flax, cotton, hemp, reseda, krapp and indigo ...
14 0 ReplyI saw a woman spin yarn using her dogs sheds.
4 0 ReplyDon't ask me about spidle spinning my Maine Coons hair. ;)
3 0 ReplyWhen we used to have a super sheddy dog, I always told my wife she should spin yarn out of the dog hair and then knit a sweater for the dog, but she wouldn't do it.
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I may have fallen into a rabbit hole of tutorials on this very topic (growing and spinning flax). So. Many. Traps.
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I am in the picture and I do not like it
13 0 ReplyBeware the pipeline
13 0 ReplyKnitting: the gateway drug.
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Ewe now own the means of production!
10 0 ReplyNice.
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I've been resisting the urge to get angora bunnies for almost 10 years now. I don't know how much longer I can hold out.
8 0 ReplyLovely fluffies indeed!
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Do it. I’m the devil on your shoulder today.
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Goats do seem to be the natural end point on the journey that starts by learning to cast on.
6 0 ReplyIf only someone would have warned me before my first stitch!
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Haven't gotten the sheep yet...
3 0 ReplyMy wife has reached everything but the shepherd stage.
4 2 ReplyBeware, sheep may be in your future. Or maybe a nice alpaca?
3 0 ReplyWe have a dog that would torment either. But I wouldn't mind saving money on lawn maintenance.
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