Amen to trying to rip anything other than wool (or cotton for that matter)! I remember, as a wee laddie going with my Mother to a dry goods shop (fabric store in modern parlance), and the clerk would measure off the fabric, cut the selvedge with sicissors, then rip it to the far selvedge, and cut that. It always facinated me.

Second: the real reason they call it blind stitching is that you go blind doing it!

I am looking forward to future installments!