Jojo Cameron

Sounds like you need to get started asap.  The energy you're putting into worrying will be better used to deal with all the real and unexpected difficulties that'll come up while you're putting the thing into practice, which might be harder in some sense, but will probably be a lot more healthy, and certainly more productive.

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herd

That fabric's beautiful!

So, a quick update:

After three attempts, I finally managed to make a couple of ml of (very soft) soap!  I was having trouble extracting lye from hardwood ash, so a friend suggested adding iron nails to the burning process.  I still only managed to extract a tiny bit of lye, but I only left the ash overnight, and it was a small quantity.  At least this is proof of concept!