[two134711]

Spinning and making your own fabrics is incredible and definitely a smart cost-saving move if you have the time and ability! The cost of cloths is so ridiculous that sadly in many cases it makes more financial sense to just buy clothes, unless it’s a special design you’ll never find in shops. Good luck to you!

[Yardstick]

Yes, it makes sense to just buy clothes, just as it makes sense not to try to repair modern electronics when they fail.

It’s not 1890 or 1920 or 1950 or 1980 anymore.

[familyop]

"Spinning and making your own fabrics is incredible and definitely a smart cost-saving move if you have the time and ability!"

I was thinking in terms of finding a free county (without a zoning ordinance against manufacturing) and building a larger machine or two to help someone start a business. She already makes quite a few items for extreme cold weather by hand (skinny fibers, densely knit). :-)

It's true, that some clothes are cheap now. But good winter clothes for an extremely cold climate (like my place) are more expensive and harder to find. When debt repudiation time comes ($18 trillion national debt now), the flow of products from China and other countries will slow way down. Those products will also probably be much more expensive for us then.

Wool prices are sky high. Here's another example of good clothes that are hard to find: parkas for extreme cold weather. Most are very expensive and very cheaply made. Ours are made by a mill up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They have double-sewn with rivets, long, heavy duck shells, thick insulation and big hoods. Great for work. We order them down here at about $100 each plus shipping. Most other warm parkas are priced several times higher and not nearly as well made.