[Image ID: a series of six cartoon illustrations depicting how to hand wash a kufiya, titled “How to wash your kufiya & deliberate care for delicate things. Each step reads as follows: Add cold water and half a teaspoon of detergent to a large wash basin. Completely soak your kufiya for 10-20 minutes. Gently wring out the water without squeezing too hard. Lay your kufiya on a dry towel and roll it up, pressing gently. let it dry for 20-30 minutes. Unroll and air dry out of direct sun to maintain colour vibrancy. End ID]
child mortality rates were so high in the 1840s and 1850s that when I see record of someone who’s (documented) children all survived into adulthood I’m like “wow. how the fuck did you do that.”
also there is this idea that parents just cared less about their children back then because they died so often but the many many many accounts of mothers and fathers holding their gravely ill children all night not sure if their next breath would be their last. that loss was the greatest fear then just as it is now and just as it seemed to be in Paleolithic times. they compartmentalized their grief to survive but that didn’t mean they felt it any less keenly.
Simon would be the type of guy to be a knife snob. He won’t let you get kitchen knives from Walmart or IKEA- not even one or two. In fact, they’ll probably mysteriously go missing if he moves in with you. He probably found some niche small businesses or online shop that makes high quality kitchen knives. In his mind, that shop can do no wrong. It doesn’t matter if there are other places he could get the same service, he had a couple good experiences with them and now he’s a devoted customer for life. And it’s not like the knives aren’t good- they’re a quality product, but he acts like they were gifts from god himself.
He has a knife sharpener too, one of the fancy ones- probably from the same place he gets his knives. And he sharpens them often- definitely anytime he’s preparing meat, and maybe even just because he needs time to think.
This tamama plushie is 8 inches tall which I got for 5 buckorinoos. I think during the time I put this guy on my cart I was racing buying keroro merch with a different other person, I have no proof but I Felt it
not to say that knitting is a particularly frugal hobby to have because goodness knows it's not, but you do reach a certain critical mass of yarn stash where if, for example, your existing hats are not warm enough to protect your poor cold ears during your wretched gig delivery job, you can easily scrounge up enough un-allocated yarn to make a warmer hat.