The article by Sharon Kallis rang true for me. I often like to think about where the things we have came from. To go to the grocery store and find a piece of produce and imagine the journey that it has been through to arrive at a super market is an amazing and terrifying thought experiment. The society we have constructed allows us to enjoy many blessings we would otherwise not have access to, but you have to wonder at what cost? I have often encouraged my parents to cultivate a garden on our property but there simply isn't enough room. I had never even considered that we could create more complex things for ourselves. Even having done things such as pottery, knitting, woodworking etc. I still never would even consider doing one of those things over the convenience of simply paying for it. Kallis encourages us to think of what we would be gaining from backsourcing over what we would be losing. This change of perspective is essential for understanding the value of what she is trying to encourage.
As for the videos, I enjoyed viewing the different techniques and look forward to trying them in class tomorrow. I have seen the process of yarn making before. And the "simple" Turkish lace seems like a similar technique to knitting. The last video, the multi strand braid is new to me. I have seen braiding done before but not that specific braid (7 strand double braid).