Comments on: Wool Comes from Sheep and I’m Cheap: Why I Craft with Acrylic http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/ DIY for Environmentalists: Crafting, Making, Project How-to's, and more! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diane http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/comment-page-2/#comment-124282 Diane Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:47:12 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/?p=906#comment-124282 There are costs and benefits to everything. Acrylic never biodegrades, and adds to our waste stream. If it comes from plastic, then it comes from petroleum, and oil exploration has polluted our waters and harmed the fish, whales, and birds who use them. The ideal solution, in my mind, is to buy locally--then you know where your product came from--but this is not always possible. There are costs and benefits to everything. Acrylic never biodegrades, and adds to our waste stream. If it comes from plastic, then it comes from petroleum, and oil exploration has polluted our waters and harmed the fish, whales, and birds who use them. The ideal solution, in my mind, is to buy locally–then you know where your product came from–but this is not always possible.

]]> By: Cleveland Rocks with Bazaar Bizarre: December 11-12, 2010 – Crafting a Green World http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/comment-page-2/#comment-117371 Cleveland Rocks with Bazaar Bizarre: December 11-12, 2010 – Crafting a Green World Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:17:02 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/?p=906#comment-117371 [...] Get Felt Up–items made from wool felt. [...] [...] Get Felt Up–items made from wool felt. [...]

]]> By: Marina http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/comment-page-2/#comment-51092 Marina Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:01:47 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/?p=906#comment-51092 Hello everyone! Please for all those who still think that sheep "need" the shearing, DO visit PETA's website or savethesheep.com and if you have any heart, you won't have the heart ever to buy a woolen item again! Dear author, I was really happy to read your post! I've recently become interested in felting, reading things about it and planning to try it out, and then to my horror I realized that it could be done only with animal hair! Now my great dilemma is whether it is ethical to buy second-hand pullovers and recycle them? I am not so sure about it... For you would never buy old fur at the second-hand store, would you? Regardless of the fact that the poor animal is long dead and that it is terrible to know that after dying for fashion it even ended in garbage, wearing anything of the sort would not only give me a creepy and crappy feeling, but also send a wrong message to the world. The same goes for leather. So, my conscience has not really been appeased by the option... Still, congrats on the post and on your attitude, it was a pleasure to read it! Many greetings from Marina Hello everyone! Please for all those who still think that sheep “need” the shearing, DO visit PETA’s website or savethesheep.com and if you have any heart, you won’t have the heart ever to buy a woolen item again!
Dear author, I was really happy to read your post! I’ve recently become interested in felting, reading things about it and planning to try it out, and then to my horror I realized that it could be done only with animal hair! Now my great dilemma is whether it is ethical to buy second-hand pullovers and recycle them? I am not so sure about it… For you would never buy old fur at the second-hand store, would you? Regardless of the fact that the poor animal is long dead and that it is terrible to know that after dying for fashion it even ended in garbage, wearing anything of the sort would not only give me a creepy and crappy feeling, but also send a wrong message to the world. The same goes for leather.
So, my conscience has not really been appeased by the option… Still, congrats on the post and on your attitude, it was a pleasure to read it!
Many greetings from Marina

]]> By: Marina http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/comment-page-2/#comment-107626 Marina Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:01:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/?p=906#comment-107626 Hello everyone! Please for all those who still think that sheep "need" the shearing, DO visit PETA's website or savethesheep.com and if you have any heart, you won't have the heart ever to buy a woolen item again! Dear author, I was really happy to read your post! I've recently become interested in felting, reading things about it and planning to try it out, and then to my horror I realized that it could be done only with animal hair! Now my great dilemma is whether it is ethical to buy second-hand pullovers and recycle them? I am not so sure about it... For you would never buy old fur at the second-hand store, would you? Regardless of the fact that the poor animal is long dead and that it is terrible to know that after dying for fashion it even ended in garbage, wearing anything of the sort would not only give me a creepy and crappy feeling, but also send a wrong message to the world. The same goes for leather. So, my conscience has not really been appeased by the option... Still, congrats on the post and on your attitude, it was a pleasure to read it! Many greetings from Marina Hello everyone! Please for all those who still think that sheep “need” the shearing, DO visit PETA’s website or savethesheep.com and if you have any heart, you won’t have the heart ever to buy a woolen item again!
Dear author, I was really happy to read your post! I’ve recently become interested in felting, reading things about it and planning to try it out, and then to my horror I realized that it could be done only with animal hair! Now my great dilemma is whether it is ethical to buy second-hand pullovers and recycle them? I am not so sure about it… For you would never buy old fur at the second-hand store, would you? Regardless of the fact that the poor animal is long dead and that it is terrible to know that after dying for fashion it even ended in garbage, wearing anything of the sort would not only give me a creepy and crappy feeling, but also send a wrong message to the world. The same goes for leather.
So, my conscience has not really been appeased by the option… Still, congrats on the post and on your attitude, it was a pleasure to read it!
Many greetings from Marina

]]> By: Marina http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/comment-page-2/#comment-109436 Marina Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:01:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/?p=906#comment-109436 Hello everyone! Please for all those who still think that sheep "need" the shearing, DO visit PETA's website or savethesheep.com and if you have any heart, you won't have the heart ever to buy a woolen item again! Dear author, I was really happy to read your post! I've recently become interested in felting, reading things about it and planning to try it out, and then to my horror I realized that it could be done only with animal hair! Now my great dilemma is whether it is ethical to buy second-hand pullovers and recycle them? I am not so sure about it... For you would never buy old fur at the second-hand store, would you? Regardless of the fact that the poor animal is long dead and that it is terrible to know that after dying for fashion it even ended in garbage, wearing anything of the sort would not only give me a creepy and crappy feeling, but also send a wrong message to the world. The same goes for leather. So, my conscience has not really been appeased by the option... Still, congrats on the post and on your attitude, it was a pleasure to read it! Many greetings from Marina Hello everyone! Please for all those who still think that sheep “need” the shearing, DO visit PETA’s website or savethesheep.com and if you have any heart, you won’t have the heart ever to buy a woolen item again!
Dear author, I was really happy to read your post! I’ve recently become interested in felting, reading things about it and planning to try it out, and then to my horror I realized that it could be done only with animal hair! Now my great dilemma is whether it is ethical to buy second-hand pullovers and recycle them? I am not so sure about it… For you would never buy old fur at the second-hand store, would you? Regardless of the fact that the poor animal is long dead and that it is terrible to know that after dying for fashion it even ended in garbage, wearing anything of the sort would not only give me a creepy and crappy feeling, but also send a wrong message to the world. The same goes for leather.
So, my conscience has not really been appeased by the option… Still, congrats on the post and on your attitude, it was a pleasure to read it!
Many greetings from Marina

]]> By: duh http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/comment-page-2/#comment-50039 duh Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:37:33 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/?p=906#comment-50039 thrift store! thrift store!

]]> By: duh http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/comment-page-2/#comment-107625 duh Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:37:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/?p=906#comment-107625 thrift store! thrift store!

]]> By: duh http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/comment-page-2/#comment-109435 duh Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:37:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/?p=906#comment-109435 thrift store! thrift store!

]]> By: Lana http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/comment-page-2/#comment-43755 Lana Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:59:42 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/?p=906#comment-43755 Julie, thank you for speaking up about use of the word "retarded" as an insult. I understand Itzel's point about political correctness. Indeed, words do not have innate meaning; they must be given meaning by people. I have to point out, however, that the meaning you intend to convey by using a particular word does not and cannot change the way it is perceived by others. My youngest brother is Deaf and my daughter has always been fascinated by sign language. When she was very young, she would insist on making up her own signs and became very frustrated with me for not understanding what she was trying to tell me. It took quite a while for her to grasp the concept that communication depends on the shared understanding of the meanings of symbols. Just because she meant "bath" doesn't mean she was communicating that concept to me. Similarly, the assertion that an individual doesn't intend to refer to people with intellectual disabilities when using the word "retarded" does not negate the fact that the commonly understood meaning of the word DOES refer to those with intellectual disabilities. Political correctness can be arbitrary and tedious, but it is only kind to be mindful of how your words may affect others and to choose words that will accurately communicate your message. Julie, thank you for speaking up about use of the word “retarded” as an insult. I understand Itzel’s point about political correctness. Indeed, words do not have innate meaning; they must be given meaning by people.

I have to point out, however, that the meaning you intend to convey by using a particular word does not and cannot change the way it is perceived by others. My youngest brother is Deaf and my daughter has always been fascinated by sign language. When she was very young, she would insist on making up her own signs and became very frustrated with me for not understanding what she was trying to tell me. It took quite a while for her to grasp the concept that communication depends on the shared understanding of the meanings of symbols. Just because she meant “bath” doesn’t mean she was communicating that concept to me.

Similarly, the assertion that an individual doesn’t intend to refer to people with intellectual disabilities when using the word “retarded” does not negate the fact that the commonly understood meaning of the word DOES refer to those with intellectual disabilities.

Political correctness can be arbitrary and tedious, but it is only kind to be mindful of how your words may affect others and to choose words that will accurately communicate your message.

]]> By: Lana http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/11/08/wool-comes-from-sheep-and-im-cheap-why-i-craft-with-acrylic/comment-page-1/#comment-107624 Lana Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:59:00 +0000 http://craftingagreenworld.com/?p=906#comment-107624 Julie, thank you for speaking up about use of the word "retarded" as an insult. I understand Itzel's point about political correctness. Indeed, words do not have innate meaning; they must be given meaning by people. I have to point out, however, that the meaning you intend to convey by using a particular word does not and cannot change the way it is perceived by others. My youngest brother is Deaf and my daughter has always been fascinated by sign language. When she was very young, she would insist on making up her own signs and became very frustrated with me for not understanding what she was trying to tell me. It took quite a while for her to grasp the concept that communication depends on the shared understanding of the meanings of symbols. Just because she meant "bath" doesn't mean she was communicating that concept to me. Similarly, the assertion that an individual doesn't intend to refer to people with intellectual disabilities when using the word "retarded" does not negate the fact that the commonly understood meaning of the word DOES refer to those with intellectual disabilities. Political correctness can be arbitrary and tedious, but it is only kind to be mindful of how your words may affect others and to choose words that will accurately communicate your message. Julie, thank you for speaking up about use of the word “retarded” as an insult. I understand Itzel’s point about political correctness. Indeed, words do not have innate meaning; they must be given meaning by people.

I have to point out, however, that the meaning you intend to convey by using a particular word does not and cannot change the way it is perceived by others. My youngest brother is Deaf and my daughter has always been fascinated by sign language. When she was very young, she would insist on making up her own signs and became very frustrated with me for not understanding what she was trying to tell me. It took quite a while for her to grasp the concept that communication depends on the shared understanding of the meanings of symbols. Just because she meant “bath” doesn’t mean she was communicating that concept to me.

Similarly, the assertion that an individual doesn’t intend to refer to people with intellectual disabilities when using the word “retarded” does not negate the fact that the commonly understood meaning of the word DOES refer to those with intellectual disabilities.

Political correctness can be arbitrary and tedious, but it is only kind to be mindful of how your words may affect others and to choose words that will accurately communicate your message.

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