Comments on: Burn Baby Burn! http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/319 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:48:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: lucia http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/319/comment-page-1#comment-1097 lucia Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:57:32 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/319#comment-1097 I don't know if it could be bamboo. I've knit and washed the swatch, and it didn't shrink, whatever that might suggest. I may need to contact the woman who gave me the yarn and as whether or not she might have ever purchased bamboo! I think it would be pretty nifty to tell people I was wearing a shrug knit from bamboo. Still, I'm inclined to think it's not bamboo, because, I suspect the somewhat acrid smell is protein. Protein would suggest an animal fiber rather than a cellulose from plants. I don’t know if it could be bamboo. I’ve knit and washed the swatch, and it didn’t shrink, whatever that might suggest.

I may need to contact the woman who gave me the yarn and as whether or not she might have ever purchased bamboo!

I think it would be pretty nifty to tell people I was wearing a shrug knit from bamboo. Still, I’m inclined to think it’s not bamboo, because, I suspect the somewhat acrid smell is protein. Protein would suggest an animal fiber rather than a cellulose from plants.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/319/comment-page-1#comment-1096 Cathy Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:51:29 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/319#comment-1096 The hank of yarn and swatch looked just like my hank and swatch of my beautiful bamboo yarn I ordered from purlsoho.com. It has a very luxurious feel. Could it be bamboo? The hank of yarn and swatch looked just like my hank and swatch of my beautiful bamboo yarn I ordered from purlsoho.com. It has a very luxurious feel. Could it be bamboo?

]]> By: lucia http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/319/comment-page-1#comment-1095 lucia Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:59:33 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/319#comment-1095 Ok, I admit, I was mostly concerned about stinking up the kitchen. The wool really stinks! But, I thought you could tell the difference between silk and cotton by the "aroma". The burnt mystery fiber doesn't smell like the cotton. Both created ash. If you found the link that would be great. Ok, I admit, I was mostly concerned about stinking up the kitchen. The wool really stinks!

But, I thought you could tell the difference between silk and cotton by the “aroma”. The burnt mystery fiber doesn’t smell like the cotton. Both created ash.

If you found the link that would be great.

]]> By: Sonja http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/319/comment-page-1#comment-1094 Sonja Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:52:02 +0000 http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/319#comment-1094 Well, you pyromaniac, you. (I do this in my kitchen, by the way, and usually burn my fingers.) It's not how easily it burns; it's the end product that counts. Cotton should give you ash, acrylic should give you a hard little black ball, and silk should give you an easily crushable ball that becomes ash. If you like, I will dig up the link to the institute that does this. Well, you pyromaniac, you. (I do this in my kitchen, by the way, and usually burn my fingers.) It’s not how easily it burns; it’s the end product that counts. Cotton should give you ash, acrylic should give you a hard little black ball, and silk should give you an easily crushable ball that becomes ash. If you like, I will dig up the link to the institute that does this.

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