At 06:55 AM 12/6/05 -0800, Robin Hankinson wrote: An objection to:
>>>There really is no excuse for fake fibers :)<< But synthetic fiber isn't fake fiber -- unless you chop it up and make it into an inferior imitation of wool or cotton. There's no substitute for nylon -- when you use it for nylon purposes, and let it all hang out and *be* nylon. Synthetics that are chopped and spun lose all their strength and the other properties we prize them for, but don't acquire any of the properties of the fibers they are imitating. I started this message to say that there *isn't* any excuse for fake fibers -- but I have a blouse made of silk that has been chopped and spun and is passing itself off as cheap cotton, which I like because it's a great deal warmer than cotton. (Well, I *had* a fake-cotton blouse; I spilled blackberry wine on it, and I'm not at all sure I can get the stains out without leaving pale spots.) Much later: the stains came out the second time I washed it, but I haven't ironed it yet. -- Joy Beeson http://home.earthlink.net/~joybeeson/ http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM http://home.earthlink.net/~beeson_n3f/ http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where Saturday, they say, we'll get a pause in the snow. To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
