I'm going to make a guess that 'cotton lawn' the fabric name, is coined from fabric finishing, when areas of neatly cut grass (lawn?) were used in the weaving industry for drying and whitening the fabric after other processing. The drying required two weeks of good weather, and the long lengths of cotton fabric are turned frequently. I have a booklet on that somewhere. What isn't good is to leave the lace always exposed and never washing it. I think yellowing is more likely from gunge in the air ~
On 5/20/07, Lorri Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My grandmother dried white items (dish towels, small items) by laying them > on > green shrubs or the grass and claimed it made them whiter. And just in > the > past 2 weeks I heard a 'plant knowledgeable' person state that yes, the > process does draw the chlorophyll from the plants and does whiten as does > bleaches. > > -- Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
