Early last year Francis Buschaart told this list that whilst the vast majority of bamboo thread is regenerated cellulose (ie a form of rayon) there are two small manufacturers who process bamboo fibres in a similar way to linen; one in France and one in Japan. Bart &Francis purchase sliver (fibres ready for spinning) from both of them. So yes, the B&F bamboo is bast fibre, whereas almost all other bamboo yarns around are not. See his original message below.
Brenda > hallo to all > i had an email from several of you conserning the bamboo > > i have multiple reaction > > > a few remarks > ùmost what you will find id the stuff all of you are talking of > so in this regards the bamboo you have to list as regenereated celulose from > bamboo origine > > BUT BUT BUT be aware ladys and some men!!!!!!!! > the real bambooyarn made from real bamboo fibres does exist aswell > we have always offered this ones > there are only 2 manufactures whom produce real bamboo like linnne proces > one in france and one in japan > i take threads but mostly sliver (the fibres already made in prespinning > state) from both of them > their production is very small > for giving you an idea of exclusivity, they also make threads from Wisteria > Sinensis we call them in belgium and holland bleu rain > so they are realy specilised in special bast fibres > the one in france is the one whom made our special ananas/pinaple thread > they are small in producion > it is easyly concluded that all the rest is celuluse > the rerason is simple > the proces itself is very very time consuming and also expensive > from the original plant you have vertialy nothing left > they often call it sifting a needle in a heystack > that is the reason that this quality it is normaly used in the highend > fashinon > that is the reasion we need to ask 6.5€ for one of those small spools > and we have a very small margin of profit on this artickle > > personaly i do not have any proble that it is mentioned as manmade > because of the problems explaining it that you also have the real genuan > thingh > i suppose it is clear enough on our website that you have others non real > products > the bigest problem is that it is not so easy to see the difference > the bamboo brakes down to extremly fine fibres > you can in that matter compare it whit high quality sisal > most know sisal as a very thick material > you can not be more wrong > that is for the bamboo > i can tell much more but i beleeve i made myself again more then aple > rudicule in English or whatever it is i type.... > On 13 Apr 2011, at 15:49, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: > If you are happy to use thread made from bamboo, do you realise that this > is normally rayon made by a chemical process rather than the natural fibre > being spun? The bamboo fibres are very short (3mm) and so can't make a good > lace thread naturally. I thought that Bart and Francis had said their was, > but looking on their website it doesn't specify, and it is spun with silk > which then disqualifies it for you anyway. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
