『 mads || he/they/she || upper twenties 』 ♡ keepin' it cute, queer & handmade ♡ slow living ♡
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An Update With Progress Pictures!
An update with progress pictures! ✨
So far, a wonderful experience! My data may be skewed because I’m also spinning from the fold for the first time, but this is my most consistent spin to date and I’m pleased as peaches with how it’s looking so far!! I have a big batch of combed top fiber and right now I’m honestly planning to steam the lot of it.
I did a quick warm up spin with un-steamed merino too before diving into the neon fluff, and I found it to be noticeably… stickier? Just sort of clumpier to draft from. (Also spun from the fold.)


big huge thank you to @comfortabletextiles for this post about steaming roving! I now have a big fluffy heap of neon Rambouillet ready to go. ⍝ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ⍝
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one of my "special interests" in the past couple of years has been exploring fast fashion vs. slow fashion. it has been a long journey trying to find clothes that actually 1) fit me 2) look good 3) are made from material that is not actively shoving plastic in the ecosystem 4) involve ethical labor, fair trade, fairly compensated, etc
before i did this research, i really had no clue about fabrics or fashion brands. i used to think i had zero interest in fashion, in fact.
i grew up wearing walmart and thrift store clothes, and when i went to college i bought clothes from target and asos. something started to shift a little bit when i found vintage resellers on etsy and ebay... those clothes were so unique. but a lot of the vintage clothes were polyester blends, stiff, and would fall apart as easily as my asos clothes. i would leave them hanging in my closet and never wear them. i would wear the same old t shirts and jeggings every day. i felt like it was impossible to ever wear comfortable clothes, or ever feel good in clothes, so why bother?
it started with linen. linen is very comfortable and pretty sustainable. i was amazed that i didn't feel the urge to rip my clothes off when i wore linen. lightbulb number one.
a friend let me borrow a nooworks dress, and i went to the store and got some overalls. wow. overalls. lightbulb number two. holy shit, you can wear overalls. you know how people say "not binary or non-binary but a secret third thing." that's overalls.
i realized i loved the bonkers prints that nooworks had, and all of it was soft, and made ethically. it was a higher price point than i was used to, which gave me pause. but then you realize: we're not supposed to be buying dumb clothes every other weekend. and isn't a slightly higher price point for soft clothes that you won't want to tear off your body worth it?
so i started my research. i made a spreadsheet. the prices can be all over the place across brands, so i made a column for prices. sizes can be all over the place too -- people always ask me "where is the plus size slow fashion?" it's there. just look at the size column. people say "isn't it better to buy secondhand?" yeah, it is. i have many links to secondhand sources.
if you have any suggestions or additions please let me know, it is a living document.