I for one look forward to my sorcerer adding glue to their pizza.

I can't express how exciting this is. The Rare Trades Centre is an incredible space. Getting a scholarship to forge your own blacksmithing tools¹ or cast silver jewellery using cuttlefish² would be rad AF.

¹ www.raretradescentre.com.au/events/forge...

² www.raretradescentre.com.au/events/cuttl...

Courses include blacksmithing, silversmithing, longbow making, bobbin lacing, leadlight restoration, stoneworking, leatherworking, weaving, coopering, armour making, and LOTS more².

² www.raretradescentre.com.au/events/

Linda!! Hello!! You are fabulous and I hope your year is off to a magnificent start! 💖

That's a great question!! Instead of spinning the fibre I went and made a second, bigger batch of yucca fibre.

I'm thinking of making a small net, but I'm waiting for my ADHD inspiration to strike.

I'm just hiding away here on the other side of the world!

Also you are magnificent and I hope you are having all the best in life! 💖

It was! Especially since it was done outside in the dark with a flashlight.

Skinning was easy, it was paper thin and just peeled off. Getting the cavity open without nicking the intestines was more tricky; thank goodness for sharp knives!

CW: Subsistence hunting, food

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Anyway, Queen Felicia is very dainty and special and didn't want her portion, so I got to eat an entire mouse.

In particular, I've been extracting fibres from yucca leaves recently.

Steps include:

1. Leaves are trimmed and pounded

2. Retting in water

3. Assisted scutching

4. Resulting fibres

Full thread with detailed steps and pictures: cloudisland.nz/@pjf/1135353...

#NeolithicTech

Here's the amendment, for those who are interested. Feels pretty late in the game given that the 3G closure is in just a few days.

www.legislation.gov.au/F2024L01353/...