Yarn made from ROCKS?

[bethpeters3]

Therapi yarn from SouthWest Trading Company is "a blend of 50 percent wool, 20 percent silk, and 30 percent Bowlder, a crushed jadeite-based fiber. While its mineral origins might suggest a certain stony quality, instead this groundbreaking yarn is incredibly soft and breathable thanks to the fiber’s unique honeycomb structure. Therapi is machine

Comments

[sidhefire]

Interesting.. my mind just boggled at the image of a little guy sitting deep underground spinning fiber out of big rocks...

[inigo42]

Well, if it's a way to use up manufacturing waste, I just have to say (pun intended) That Rocks!

Nothing more to see here, go about your business.

[bethpeters3]

*snerk*

[elfreda]

Wow. Haven't heard about that before, but it's hard to believe that it wouldn't have the same drawbacks as asbestos. (But then, I'm not a geologist.) Everyone from the ancient Greeks up through the middle ages spun that into thread and wove with it. All the ancients warned about the dangers - they noticed slaves wearing asbestos cloth and asbestos miners ended up with lung disease. Modern civilization? Apparently not as bright.

I have to wonder: If you can spin the fibers, what happens when you breathe the fibers?

Just the same, I'm intrigued! I'll check it out if I see any! :-)

[bethpeters3]

I think Twisted and Yarn Garden may have it here in Portland.

[corvideye]

Wow--I had no idea it was used historically! Fascinating.

[kareina]

My instinct would be caution--but that is based upon knowing how bad for lungs asbestos is, and how bad for lungs rock powder is. I've not heard of this one before though. It *might* be ok, but...

[corvideye]

I've seen paper made from stone, but it is really hard to envision a yarn! Weird.