TIL women had hobbies back in the day like knitting and could fix/make your clothes.
That shit would be so OP today if women could do that.
I know it would never happen, but a man can dream.
@9c2e0a870413773cb915b9c9cd2e1cbd17e53ae2b0a86aba5e5bf0fc13c420d2 @basedbagel
Men should learn to cook & sew
1 Sewing is a useful skill for surgeons
2 Can not be controlled by women having a monopoly on those skills
@9c2e0a870413773cb915b9c9cd2e1cbd17e53ae2b0a86aba5e5bf0fc13c420d2
I agree but rn ingot my hands full with other activities so I buy chinese clothes for now
@shortstories @9c2e0a870413773cb915b9c9cd2e1cbd17e53ae2b0a86aba5e5bf0fc13c420d2 @basedbagel
Agreed.
You used to learn basic sewing skills in the armed forces - it keeps your uniform neat & it might be needed in the field.
You learn to keep things tidy, polished & clean. And you learn how to cook for yourself.
I was taught these things because it teaches self-reliance.
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This is very educational as I didn't know anything about sewing machines. thank you for sharing!
we went with Bernette B77. this was a few years ago - i just checked and it actually sells for more today than what we paid for it, and it makes sense because it felt like a steal when we got it.
Bernette is a consumer-level, made-in-Asia line of Bernina, which is the Gold Standard of Sewing machines and made in Switzerland.
Bernette is still designed by Bernina in Switzerland but is a mass market consumer product, rather than a boutique / professional product like Bernina ... i felt like with Bernette we got 80% of the design and features of Bernina for 20% of the price ! Honestly it was not a hard choice.
Another reason i decided to go with Bernette is because we bought it directly from a Bernina store, and our purchase included a free hands-on lesson going over all the features of the machine.
I have to say sewing machines are pretty fucking cool ! our B77 is 100% digital stepping motor based and controlled through a high resolution color touch screen, but the actual skills required to sew with it are 90% the same as what my mother learned as a teen on a Pedal-Powered Singer.
it even still has a pedal ! but the pedal only controls the speed of the machine, without actually powering it.