amaizing bamboo cornucopia

[piranha]

a new vegan alternative to animal-based fibres:  a couple of companies, kollage yarns and south west trading company now offer yarn from corn.  SWTC also has a 100% bamboo yarn.  don't know how either of those measure up in green terms, though.

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[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

i have some soysilk for spinning, and yes, it's luxuriously soft. have you tried tencel/lyocell? it's made from cellulose (in a process that's apparently relatively green), and i've finally found a local source that resells the fibre. it's not as soft, but softer than hemp.

something else i'd like to try is ecospun/fortrel, which is made from recycled pop (PET) bottles -- not natural, but hey, at least 100% recycled -- but i haven't found it yet locally.