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which like i have no problem with big adrian! but the thing i find funniest about it is the fact that book grace did complain about the airlocks on rocky's ship being too small for a human to get through, meaning everyone else on rocky's crew was also that small

so big adrian either means that adrian is more of a behemoth than the majority of the species

Here's a google form with a lot of questions on it. If you don't have the time, here's a tumblr poll with one question on it.

I'm really interested in the results but I don't actually have a plan for doing something with the results. You're just indulging a nutty blogger's sense of curiosity.

A lot of people, way more than I expected, say they've started getting and using almost entirely secondhand fabrics. Some people have secondhand fabric stores, some people are thrifting, some people are going to estate sales, some are joining buy-nothing groups, but a lot of people who are getting fabric are getting it secondhand

A lot of us sew apparel and all the fabric shops near us are quilt shops. (I can get into why it's way safer for a small store to carry quilt prints and not carry apparel fabrics but I'm not sure anyone is interested). I wish I'd put in a question about if you ever shopped at a local store even if you were always buying fabric online.

I don't have any beef with Michaels but over half of respondents say they do.

Like more than once I’ve seen posts be like, “you should buy one $200 Real Wool Sweater instead of 4 $50 acrylic ones, trust me it’s worth it.”

And what the post means is, the wool sweater will feel nicer to wear, keep you warmer, and last longer than the 4 $50 ones combined.

(vimes boots theory obligatory mention)

And then someone comes on and replies, “yes this is probably a good idea but we must remember that industrially produced wool yarn has complex chemical treatment in the process, so the wool sweater is still not perfect environmentally speaking.“

And it’s like. That’s not factually wrong. But it has no bearing on what OP was saying because even without it being outright spelled out it’s pretty obvious OP was recommending real wool for properties, not impact. This is also where I’ve seen several different posts about rayon go off the rails, for obvious reasons.

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