Stuff you make ought to be cheaper than stuff you buy, right? And I guess it would be if you started with your own sheep and ended up with your own sweater. You'd already own a spinning wheel, of course, and needles and have the pattern. Then it would be free.

I talked with a woman making a gorgeous tweedy sweater this morning. Her yarn cost upwards of $160. It was part silk. Along with the sheep, I need some silkworms and ... whatever it takes to turn the cocoon into a string.