#which should hardly be surprising when they invented silk production in the first place

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maybe it's just because I need to get stupidly expensive and specific materials but I DONT get that Fast Fashion Has Come For Craft post. You can find nice wool fabric and yarn in a variety of weights and weaves without too much digging, I have like four silk suppliers I swear by, etc. Obviously you can't find very good things beyond basic haberdashery at spotlight (joanns for any American readers) but you shouldn't be looking there in the first place. You'll probably end up shopping overseas a fair bit, but honestly that adds to the fun. I love receiving packages with stamps and invoices from Hungary and Poland and China, and working with craftspeople in places that don't typically feature much in my daily life to get things woven up or felted or cast to order. Anyway I think the sentiment I started this off by being annoyed by is very uninterested and lazy and parochial.