Hi Jacquie and others who have commented on the bamboo yarn...
I agree that the 100% Bamboo yarn feels like rayon... in fact, I think it essentially *is* rayon, made from bamboo... and I think the "milk" yarn is another form of rayon, but in the case of the yarn I saw yesterday, they had the sense to blend it with Merino wool, making it a lovely "confection"!
The one distinction I could see in bamboo yarn (100%) was that it didn't have the glossy sheen of the old, familiar rayon, but a much softer sheen, which was desirable, in my opinion. Still, as I said, I think the blend of a more robust fiber with the bamboo would improve the texture and the hand.
Clay On 1/27/2010 5:21 AM, laceandb...@aol.com wrote:
Brenda On some bamboo yarn I bought in America, it is actually labelled rayon from bamboo fibre, which I think is a much more honest way of describing it, and rayon is exactly what 100% or nearly 100% bamboo feels like. Someone I was talking to thought that it was made from the inner pith of the bamboo canes, and spun directly from the fibres there, a bit like linen. I wonder how ecologically friendly these new fibres are, by the time the raw materials are shipped to the factory, and then undergone some fairly major chemistry. They sound as if they ought to be, but I suspect they're not. Jacquie In Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
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