Prufrock is difficult.

I grow old…I grow old…
That rough beast’s hour is foretold.

Shall I take up falconry? Do I dare the goshawk’s screech?
I shall wear thick leather gloves and walk along the beach
I have seen the falcon’s gyre widen out of reach

I do not think mine will return to me.

Ok but I love that. And I bet it helps you deal with the traffic stress.

My mother and my kids are also big fans of freezing bananas for later making and eating as "ice cream".

You absolutely are. WOW!

it was I think better when there were ways for people who hate being on screen to make a creative living

I don’t think it’s an improvement that we’re creating a culture where everyone creative also has to be hot

That's so cool! I've never gotten that. (Wasn't allowed to give blood in the UK, because I'm from darkest -and most HIV-ridden - Africa. Ironically, here in Switzerland, I would be rejected if I'd spent time in the UK in the mad cow years.)

That's what I'm thinking. There's no comprehensible logic to these sizes.

That's a fair point. I have also wondered about what that might mean for strength vs stress points. I do think though that there's room to mitigate that on the cross-weaving.

Oh? You've had bad results, you don't enjoy using them, something else?

I'd definitely give it a go. It is very much like a neat little engine. Satisfying, and much more structured than knitting or similar.

100% the right call. And hey, you got some interesting memories out of it!

Oh thanks for sharing! I have the tool, highly recommend.

I felt *extremely* violent the day I learned about how often "private collection" actually means "in a carefully temperature controlled storage hangar somewhere nobody, not even the owner, ever sees it, because Investment (TM)"