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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can tell polyester is the artificial one

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Daymn straight!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Rayon is striated vertically but consistent along its length like other artificial fibers

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alpaca superiority on display. Thick but also fineeeee.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

So warm and also cool. Fucking love it, favorite souvenir I have from Peru.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cotton would be a fucking epic pasta shape.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Kinda looks like casarecce already

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

there are like 50 commonly available pasta shapes. closest one I could find quickly is fileja

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While a neat picture, as I understand it the itchiness of wool mostly has to do with how long the fibers are. With short fibers there are lots of fiber ends poking out of the fabric everywhere. Alpaca or merino wool has much longer fibers, avoiding this issue.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure you're right. The scale on wool actually gives it some of its desirable properties I believe, like being able to cling to itself for easy splicing and felting.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pictured below: the wool they used in the green wool army blankets [enlarged 250x]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

So scratchy. When I lived in the barracks I used shirt-stays to keep that blanket nice and tight for any inspection. I kept a cotton comforter in my wall-closet and would toss it over the made rack and just sleep on that with a second blanket over me. In the morning both would go back into the locked closet and I'd still have a perfectly made rack after some slight straightening.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That looks more tan than green

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, sorry. Disclaimer: Color may not be to scale.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Looks itchy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Never thought I wanted to bang a piece of fiber until this pic.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Merino where?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Clothes are all of a sudden disgusting to me. Artificials are now much more desirable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Except they shed micro plastics everywhere including the water supply.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't worry, skin up close is much worse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You don't have to remind me how disgusting we are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Here's the original image.