"My husband complains about the cold," the man said.

@Yuvalne @MicroSFF Yes, I often think about all the soft stuff made of organic material that didn't get preserved the way stone and metal arrowheads and spear tips are. How much of a game changer would things like baskets and twine have been?

"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?"

"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."

After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"

"This, too, it's magic."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories

@MicroSFF

Reminds me of Ify Nwadiwe on Very Important People https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Important_People_(2023_TV_series)

It's a show where comedians are given a costume and have to improvise a talk show interview in character

His costume was an alien and he keeps describing mundane things as alien technology

https://youtube.com/shorts/VDgBPipm640

@MicroSFF okay but FR, knitting and textile work in general is magic. arguably the most important technology after fire and language and possibly even before sharp stone. to say that our civilisation is built on fabric is an understatement, because even pre-civilisation societies were built on fabric.

knitting is actual magic.

@Yuvalne @MicroSFF

I could even be argued that all of our current tech is, in one form or another, based on textiles. See the discussion in the attatched vid. The referenced book is interesting, too.

In the book, the author actually references "simple" string bags as being a seminal innovation. (& also a lot more labor intensive than you'd think.)

https://wandering.shop/@cavyherd/115946523720203616

"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?"

"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."

After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"

"This, too, it's magic."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories

"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?"

"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."

After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"

"This, too, it's magic."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories

"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?"

"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."

After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"

"This, too, it's magic."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories

"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?"

"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."

After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"

"This, too, it's magic."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories

@Yuvalne @MicroSFF

I could even be argued that all of our current tech is, in one form or another, based on textiles. See the discussion in the attatched vid. The referenced book is interesting, too.

In the book, the author actually references "simple" string bags as being a seminal innovation. (& also a lot more labor intensive than you'd think.)

https://wandering.shop/@cavyherd/115946523720203616

"My husband complains about the cold," the man said. "Can you teach me a spell to keep him warm?"

"I can teach you to bind hair into a net to catch heat," the wizard said, "using arcane counting and a pair of fine wands."

After a while, the man said "Isn't this knitting?"

"This, too, it's magic."

#TootFic #MicroFiction #SmallStories