Bamboo

Are you looking for a bamboo *print* fabric or fabric *made* from bamboo???

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I think she must mean fabric made of bamboo, I know bamboo yarn became really big in the knitting world about a year ago, I've felt some and it's unbelievably soft, so I bet bamboo batting would be fab, it should have a really good drape - I don't know if it's in existance though and I don't know if there would be any manufacturing issues.

Cheers Anne

Made from bamboo. :)

Thanks for that! :)

Dreadful site organization, though... Took forever to find and come up as half the buttons don't work!

Didn't know there was such a thing. What are the benefits to it (other than environmental I'm sure)?

I am sceptical - your clothes might get eaten by a panda? >g< . In message , Charlotte Hippen writes

It's supposed to be very 'green', in that it takes fewer chemicals in manufacture and needs no pesticides to grow (unlike cotton), and is quickly renewable without replanting (grows like grass! ;) ). It's supposed to have great wicking properties, a very nice feel to it, and good thermal properties as well.

I have seen quite a few clothing retailers advertising it in their catalogues - can't think of a specific one right now (I'm working on memory games to help this >ggIt's supposed to be very 'green', in that it takes fewer chemicals in

wow! after reading on that site about hemp and its uses and history.

'm still trying to work out why on earth anyone in their right mind would outlaw hemp as it has so many uses.no i dont mean for recreational smoking either. i'm talking about industrial hemp. i'm googling left, right and centre now to see what the real story is. just two paragraphs off that page...

For more than a thousand years before the time of Christ until 1883 AD, Cannabis/Hemp was our planet's largest agricultural crop and most important industry for thousands upon thousands of products and enterprises, producing the overall majority of the earth's fibre, fabric, lighting oil, paper, incense and medicines, as well as being a primary source of protein for humans and animals alike.

Hemp offers a valuable and sustainable fuel of the future, "growing oil wells". Hemp has an output equivalent to around 1000 gallons of methanol per acre year (10 tons Biomass/acre, each yielding 100 gal. methanol/ton). Methanol used today is mainly made from natural gas, a fossil fuel. Methanol is currently being studied as a primary fuel for automobiles, hopefully reducing CO2 levels.

------------------------------------------------------------ up until 1850 it seems it was a major use for many things. now we use oil. hmmmm, could it be the oil barons who are stomping the growth of it. it can be grown almost anywhere (great to rejuvenate 'dead' land) but oil only comes out of specific places in the ground, great wealth for those that own the land where oil is found. i just dont understand anyones reasoning for not growing it with all the uses it has. still researching this...should take me all day and then some. dd spoke of growing industrial hemp yrs back. she seems more clued up on it than i am, thats for sure. keep'n busy today, jeanne

"Kate XXXXXX" wrote...

This topic was just posted on another group I'm in. Sheila Hadley said. "Basically, if bamboo is processed chemically, it involves more toxic substances that harm the people working with it and the environment. If it's processed mechanically, (a labor-intensive/costly option), it's more eco-friendly. The blog looks very informative, but I haven't read it all yet.

All the gators we've got around here - and now we have to worry about pandas eating our clothes? Mercy! Polly

"Patti" < wrote>I am sceptical - your clothes might get eaten by a panda? >g<

Yes, well - that's global warming for you ... (perhaps?) . In message , Polly Esther writes

another one to check out when u get time/energy.cheers, jeanne

I'm certainly looking for a an eco-friendly supply.

Great minds, Jeanne, great minds.