[lace] Re: Rayon Thread

2010-01-30 Thread Susan Reishus
is this a natural fibre or not?  David This words gets used a lot for things that started out as natural, but have so much chemical processing, that people question if it is a valid statement, or at least the lines are blurred. For instance, similar things happen with food being marketed as

Re: [lace] Re: Rayon Thread

2010-01-30 Thread David C COLLYER
At 03:11 AM 31/01/2010, Susan Reishus wrote: is this a natural fibre or not? David Dear Susan, many thanks for such a detailed explanation. Now I have one more question related to rayon. Over the years I have used as gimpd, and still do, rayon threads from around the 1930s labelled Wood

Re: [lace] RE: rayon thread

2007-12-03 Thread rictorr8
Dear Arachnids, This discussion is interesting. My experience with rayon has been some disappoinment in its ability to keep its shape. It looks good at first, but it's never the same after it's cleaned, in my experience. Anyway, I looked it up and found this information on the Net, for what