I think any time you give something to someone else who needs it more than you that is charity. Whether your motivations are charitable in the traditional sense of showing compassion for the poor, or the much more modern sense of de-cluttering.
However, if you've got issue with me using the term that way, let me put it another way; I have trouble asking for people to give me stuff for free. If people offer me stuff I'll gladly accept it, but I'm just not comfortable asking. And right now, no one here knows me well enough to know that I need stuff. If I was still in Edmonton I'd have lots of stuff being offered to me. Same if I was in Perth. And I might even get lucky up in Ontario (though that's where I've got the bulk of the friends with kids the same age or no kids at all). But down here I've been relatively inactive and have only made friends with people who happen to have kids the exact same age or no kids at all. People give hand-me-downs to people who come out regularly because they want to see it get used. I totally get that. And I'm just not one of those people right now.
Strangely I can think of all kinds of uses for "this much" trim. Dog collars, trim for wrists, bookmarks for largesse, samples to keep in my portfolio. Oddly I don't have any lengths like that because I do use it up, on the rare occasion that I use trim at all.
And yes, my hate is for the plasticy stuff. There are no words for how much I loathe that stuff. Ever since a piece tried to kill me via sewing machine explosion I've refused to even touch the stuff much less use it for anything. Anyway, I don't buy trim any more. It would be wrong. I'm primarily known for my weaving, and I so rarely take the time to actually use even the stuff I weave (I hate handsewing) so if I'm going to go to the effort I might as well make something custom for the project or use up some of the stash.
Re: Hand-Me-Downs
However, if you've got issue with me using the term that way, let me put it another way; I have trouble asking for people to give me stuff for free. If people offer me stuff I'll gladly accept it, but I'm just not comfortable asking. And right now, no one here knows me well enough to know that I need stuff. If I was still in Edmonton I'd have lots of stuff being offered to me. Same if I was in Perth. And I might even get lucky up in Ontario (though that's where I've got the bulk of the friends with kids the same age or no kids at all). But down here I've been relatively inactive and have only made friends with people who happen to have kids the exact same age or no kids at all. People give hand-me-downs to people who come out regularly because they want to see it get used. I totally get that. And I'm just not one of those people right now.
Strangely I can think of all kinds of uses for "this much" trim. Dog collars, trim for wrists, bookmarks for largesse, samples to keep in my portfolio. Oddly I don't have any lengths like that because I do use it up, on the rare occasion that I use trim at all.
And yes, my hate is for the plasticy stuff. There are no words for how much I loathe that stuff. Ever since a piece tried to kill me via sewing machine explosion I've refused to even touch the stuff much less use it for anything. Anyway, I don't buy trim any more. It would be wrong. I'm primarily known for my weaving, and I so rarely take the time to actually use even the stuff I weave (I hate handsewing) so if I'm going to go to the effort I might as well make something custom for the project or use up some of the stash.