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  • We are now manufacturing SUSTAINABLE SILK FABRIC with USA grown ORGANIC COTTON LININGS. 145 handwoven SUSTAINABLE SILK colors combined with certified ORGANIC cotton sateen lining and Flannel interlining. SUSTAINABLE SILK FABRIC Our fabric is hand woven in India using individual family weavers …

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  • … release. 50% Superwash Wool 25% SOYSILK® brand fiber, 22.5% Cotton 2.5% Chitin (made from shrimp and crab shells!) Yardage: 425m / 100g ball Needles: US size 0 Gauge: don’t know, but I cast on 72 stitches Pattern: My basic k4, p2 for leg, extending into the foot. The foot is 9 inches long …

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  • … of New York City, New York was issued a patent for “Improvement in Buoyant Dresses or Life-Preservers” on November 16, 1841. Mr. Guerin’s design was for a jacket, waistcoat, or coat made of cotton or other material (double layered) that could receive eighteen to twenty quarts of rasped or grated cork …

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  • … of the garment. Below is a list of the types of fabric with its corresponding fiber content. Natural Fiber Fabrics- These include cotton, linen, ramie, silk and wool. Man-Made Fiber Fabrics- Examples are acetate and triacetate, acrylic, nylon, olefin, polyesters, rayon, and spandex. Leathers and Suede’s …

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  • … learning over the past few years that the production of new clothes is not often done in an ecologically or socially responsible way. To quote a guy named Tom who commented on a blog called Africa Flak I’ve recently looked at, “Conventional cotton is dependent on large quantities of synthetic …

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  • … really tempted to keep the fiber. I love the color. It’s a combination of Merino, Tencel, Alpaca and Tussah Silk. It’s a pale peacock blue. The yarn is a blend of Llama, Alpaca, Tussah, Merino, BFL and a blend of several colors as you can see. It’s a heavy worsted to chunky size yarn and was loads of fun …

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  • … culture was practically abandoned all through the States. However, because confederate cotton was unavailable during and shortly after the Civil War, the Union States were forced to seek a new source of fiber. Thus in 1869, Professor L. Trouvelot, an American naturalist, brought eggs of the gypsy moth …

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  • … Organic cotton is not treated with pesticides and herbicides. For more information on the fiber footprint of cotton vs. organic cotton see: www.sustainablecotton.org/footprint_calculator/buyers/ Q&A with Roxanne Quimby 1.) What are your favorite green products? I like eco-friendly lavender scented …

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  • … A cold sore is actually the side effect of the herpes replication process. The herpes virus enters your body wherever it is able and will choose a close-by nerve as its home for life. The cold sores created by this virus family will always be at the end of the nerve fiber it inhabits. WHAT CAUSES A COLD …

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  • … This is her in the sweater, the “Cabaret Raglan” by Norah Gaughan in Knit Picks Comfy yarn (a lovely cotton/acrylic blend.) Her fiance is wearing his new Besotted Scarf. I love the x’s and o’s. Perfect for this awesome guy who is besotted with my sister. The best part is that he loves the scarf. The yarn …