Hi Everybody: > There is one kind of fabric which we in the UK call calico, and I believe in > the US it is called muslin. > > There is another kind of fabric, whose US name I don't know; in the UK we > call it muslin; it is made with finer threads (so "finer") woven further > apart (so "coarser") than the other fabric.
The latter muslin is, I think, what they sell here in the Indian stores for use in turbans. Plain unbleached cotton muslin (often called "quilter's muslin") does come in different weights and textures, though usually one store only sells one weight so we often don't realize that. My grandmother made her own pillowcases out of a muslin rather heavier than what we get now - it started out stiff but washed down to a lovely cushy softness. An earlier post on this topic mentioned muslin in the Regency era - that muslin I know came in different weights and textures, because I once read a fashion magazine from about 1808 that said it was "now the season to start wearing your winter weight muslins." Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
