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[dragonlady7]

everything sewn was sewn by a person, there are no robots, we believe there are robots and it's not true, labor, exploitation

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handweavers https://handweavers.tumblr.com/post/665447697351852032/there-are-still-many-textile-related-things-that :

there are still many textile-related things that cannot or at least have not been successfully automated. sewing isn’t automated, for example, but you can use machines to make the process faster as long you have a human to operate them. no article of clothing was produced entirely without human hands. all knit items like chunky sweaters had to be manipulated on a knitting machine by somebody. all seams on your garments were sewn by somebody.

then there’s the things that don’t even have machines at all. crochet (unlike knitting) does not have any machines capable of replicating it so whenever you see something that has been crocheted even if it’s a small part of a larger piece that was done with a crochet hook by hand. it’s the same with basketry - machines cannot weave baskets. no machines were involved in making any woven basket you see, that was 100% a human being putting the entire thing together so it could be sold for $2 at dollar tree. you ever have a piece of furniture with woven rattan on it, that was also made by a person, no machine involved.

these things all take a very long time, less the more often you do it but they still take a lot of time. how much did you buy it for? how much were they paid for making that? i can’t look at anything the same way anymore. i look at my pillow cases and i wonder whose hands made them, where they are right now, if they’re okay. how many did they make every day? so many it probably blurs together, they don’t even remember making the one i got. how much were they paid for it? i don’t know but i know the answer is that it was not enough. idk these things swirl around my head all the time now (Your picture was not posted)