[lace] Bamboo yarn

2010-01-27 Thread Laceandbits
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

Re: [lace] Bamboo yarn

2010-01-27 Thread Clay Blackwell
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

Re: [lace] Bamboo yarn

2010-01-27 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
Clay Blackwell wrote: Hi Jacquie and others who have commented on the bamboo yarn... Rayon and bamboo are made from cellulose, a natural compound found in plant material, which is reacted with acetate to make the fibres for the fabric. I love the feel of yarn made from bamboo cellulose as

Re: [lace] Bamboo yarn

2010-01-27 Thread Carol
:40 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Bamboo yarn 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

Re: [lace] Bamboo yarn

2010-01-27 Thread Branwyn ni Druaidh
clayblackw...@comcast.net To: laceandb...@aol.com Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Bamboo yarn 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