I hate cloth tarp with a fiery passion. Seriously, the cloth you get from junk piles is completely random, and you need 4 of the same kind of cloth. You have to sit there and sort it for an hour and then do it again so you can get more, not to mention all the tarps have to be the same too.
I have no problem with working for anything else, its just this is a real pain to make... CURSE YOU CLOTH TARP!
Yeah, I hope they eventually see the wisdom in removing all of these artificial-difficulty barriers...unless they make color AND materials used matter in game (ie...why do I need 28 of the SAME pole to make a tent...or the same number of stakes?)
But yes, the cloth thing is completely nuts at the moment...