I feel like something that doesnt get talked about enough is how fast fashion is coming to hobbies as well. Sure, you can sew, knit, and crochet something better than youd buy in store, but good luck finding quality materials
Want a fabric that doesnt fray from being gently caressed? Want yarn thats not 100% plastic and splits if you touch it wrong? Good luck finding that if you dont have a genuinely good crafts store near you.
Go on any thread where people are trying to figure out where to buy fabric. 50% of it is people saying big stores are servicable, online stores work, or the like, and the other 50% are talking about how bad the quality is or how the quality of a website dropped because it was bought out
Were running into a problem where fast fashiob is so integrated into society that even the ability to make your own, comfortable and long lasting, clothes is being threatened by capitalism
facts. joann’s hasn’t been the paragon of garment fabrics lately anyway, but they just filed for bankruptcy.
I buy a lot of garment fabric online. even deadstock, which is meant to be an environmentally friendly option (the manufacturer isn’t using it all up so you get designer fabrics at a discount!) even that fabric can be… less than optimal
and don’t get me started on yarn and the decimation of the fiber milling industry (or just read vanishing fleece by clara parkes)