My father had the same attitude - he used to come home from work and spin in the evenings. He'd brought a loom and spinning wheel over to New Zealand from the UK, and had a free wool supply. He was an architect who designed public buildings, and one of his was the local agricultural research lab. This contact gave him all the wool from Experimental Sheep that he could use. My mother used to knit what he'd spun.
The Experimental Sheep produced wool that would have made great scouring pads. I still have a couple of their sweaters forty years on.
The same lab invented milking machines for mice. I'm so glad my parents weren't into home cheesemaking.
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