I think you'd have to live someplace warm, or have a greenhouse, to grow your own cotton.
More about OB cotton: I think it's best for tekeros, and maybe for the lowest drones of other hgs, because it is rather coarse and grabby. That's what makes it good, since it gets even the sometimes reluctant bass drone to start immediately. It might be good for other low-pitched hgs too. But for French hgs, at least for those thin light chanters, maybe a light silky cotton is better. I tried using the "cotton" from a cottonwood tree on my tekero once, (since I like using locally-grown products) but I can report that it's useless. It's so extremely soft and silky, it makes no sound at all. I wonder how it would be on smaller hgs, though. Melissa www.melissatheloud.com --- ivan ad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > does anyone try to planting cotton? > i think you only need the seed in the natural cotton > someone told me that cotton is easy to grown up, and > it growns up in a "cocoon" (i don't know if this is > the correct expresion > i'm using an dictionary, i want to say that the > cotton growns in one form together... > > > > > ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Pieter Lauwers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: [email protected] > Enviado: jueves, 22 de noviembre, 2007 8:56:35 > Asunto: Re: [HG] Good cotton source in Pacific NW? > > Used and tried almost all the cotton types I could > find, including OB. > I stick to Texere Yarns cotton(texere.co.uk). Slick > long fibres and not so > dry and hard as OB's. > > Pieter > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Melissa Kacalanos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 7:19 AM > Subject: Re: [HG] Good cotton source in Pacific NW? > > > > Balazs Nagy, who made my hg, recommends OB brand > > tampons, which are readily available anywhere. At > > least for tekeros, it's the best cotton. > > > > Melissa > > www.melissatheloud.com > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> > >> In a message dated 11/21/2007 9:24:16 P.M. > Central > >> Standard Time, > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> > >> HELP!!! I need cotton! I've called every > textile > >> and weaving store I can > >> find in the greater Portland Oregon area and no > one > >> has bulk cotton of any > >> kind. If any of my 'cranky' fellows in the > Pacific > >> Northwest have a good line > >> on cotton, please let me know - especially if the > >> source is willing to mail it! > >> > >> > >> Try > >> _http://www.pacificwoolandfiber.com_ > >> (http://www.pacificwoolandfiber.com) > >> > >> or > >> > >> > > > _http://www.theyarntree.com/store/fibersspinning/index.html_ > >> > >> > > > (http://www.theyarntree.com/store/fibersspinning/index.html) > >> > >> Cotton sliver or top; or cotton-silk top > >> Alice > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you > > with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. > > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > ¿Chef por primera vez? > Sé un mejor Cocinillas. > http://es.answers.yahoo.com/info/welcome ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
