Chapeau!
(and because someone was pulled over for using French by itself) I take my hat off to you, Sir!

Steve, if you haven't heard it before, just know that you're kind of amazing in many ways.
Made me even want that knitting machine - "focus, Yama, focus!" says my men's group leader at church often.

As to the shorter answers...
Sigh.
Problem is, it would require me to have figured out why I'm doing things - something that more often than not, I don't know, myself. There's little sanity or a good reason, it's a waste of my talents and resources, that could be used for something that actually makes people's lives better... But, no. Handmade paper. Calligraphy. Now, tartan.



Bottom line, as long as I don't irritate others too much, I feel OK here, I've received much more than I have contributed, and, it's not like there are 500 places where the matter of a 1770s Highlands tartan loom is of interest to anybody, right? I hope I get to hear from museums, but not holding my breath. I have no words to express how, even if disagreeing, people still try to help. Priceless.

Thank you, again