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Cake day: July 21st, 2023

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  • Linen actually doesn’t take to large scale mechanization very well. It causes the fibers to break into shorter pieces more often, which makes the final fabric rougher and less sturdy. Machine-woven linen also tends to be more loosely woven, which is again less sturdy.

    Machines certainly helped some amount, but cotton got a way bigger boost from industrialization. That’s why cotton is so much cheaper than linen today, especially high quality linen.


  • My understanding was that there are three types of rayon. Or have I been had by Big Cellulose?

    • Viscose is the one that gets weaker when wet, and uses aggressive chemicals
    • Modal gets stronger when wet, but also aggressive chemicals
    • Tencel (brand name for lyocell) specifically refers to that closed loop process with less harsh solvents, and also gets stronger when wet

    If something just says “Rayon” you can probably assume it’s viscose. Tencel sellers want you to know it’s Tencel.

    Regardless, none of the above are good for warmth, so bad replacement for wool no matter which process they use. I do love my Tencel bedsheets though.







  • It’s even bad for finding something to purchase honestly. I’ll search for a specific part number, and most of the results are other similar but not interchangeable products. No Google I cannot just shove this random other battery pack into my UPS, but thanks anyway.

    I tried searching for airtight drawers and all the results were either airtight or drawers. Only one was both and it was a ten thousand dollar museum specimen cabinet.

    It’s especially terrible if you care about the fiber content of your clothes. Searching for linen or even 100% linen gets me linen blend, linen-look, linen color. 100% wool gets mostly acrylic wool blends. Wool toe socks gets me either wool socks or toe socks but again, not both.

    Plus I can’t block Amazon and Walmart from the results anymore, so that’s a ton of extra junk to filter through manually.