Or corn. (No, I'm not kidding...the fiber is known as "ingeo," if I'm not mistaken). Both soy and corn produce something similar to silk, fiber-wise. I have not spun it myself, or knitted with it, though. Some people like it, some don't. --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "E House" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] silk/'natural protein' > Neat! I had not heard of that. I emailed Thaisilks--we'll see if I hear > anything back--but I hope this is the case; reading the properties and test > results on it, I think I may be converted. In a non-authentic clothing sort > of way. =} > > -E House > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
