Salvage Rescue Operation
These spools of thread and cord were rescued from the curb of a super-ghetto fabric store that just closed in my neighborhood. Some of the spools in the boxes I found these in were crushed and water-damaged, which is why I suspect they tossed these babies out with the bathwater. But still … I couldn’t just leave them there for the garbage collectors. They might as well have been mewling little wet-nosed kittens calling me “mama.”
Not pictured are cigar-box lids that were left outside the, well, cigar shop, crafted out of pure wood and left out IN THE COLD TO DIE. (Not FSC-certified wood either, I’ll bet.)
I am just one woman. HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU WANT OF ME, OH LORD?
stephanie said,
April 8, 2006 at 4:23 pm
That’s a great find! What are you going to make? I instantly thought of braiding them together somehow…
& we are both reading Misquoting Jesus. How far are you? I don’t know about everyone else but nothing the author said was surprising or new to me until he got down to brass tacks at about page 130. Now he is finally discussing which texts were changed.
mimulus said,
April 9, 2006 at 8:57 am
WOW! GREAT find…I immediately thought a knitted screen…I do not knit but my friend penny does I she has a book with a salvaged screened door with a handknit “screen” it looked amazing!… a very prety open work mesh curtain of a sort. or shawl for summer.
Michelle said,
April 9, 2006 at 1:10 pm
Thank you for keeping your blog. I’m just digging in and enjoying the environmental part. It’s easy to get wrapped up in daily life (changing diapers, entertaining a three-year-old, pregnancy, pre-school, playdates, dinner, house-keeping, etc.) and forget the big picture. I used to have more connection by doing graphic design for food security lobbyists, food banks, and small family farms. You are an inspiration. Thanks for the reminder! I needed it.
The Worsted Witch » Recycled Magazine Goodness said,
May 29, 2006 at 1:05 pm
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