Cotton

        Here is Fridays’s post…….. sorry  techie difficulties keep me from posting it yesterday. The sweater I’m making is Slippery Slope by Laura Birek.          Sign up for the Fiber Fanatic Files for your scandalous woolly updates!   Share and Enjoy:

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Deyaneria on April 20th, 2011

Here are a few more interesting facts about cotton. There are about 50 varieties of cotton but only about 4 -5 are cultivated. Gossypium hirsutum, known as Upland Cotton or Mexican Cotton, is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting some 95% of all cotton production and is native to […]

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Deyaneria on April 18th, 2011

I love me some cotton. It’s so soft against the skin. I’ve even become a bit of an sheet snob….nothing under 400 thread count….Thank you. The hubs had even found some 1200 thread counts sheets . These are soft and heavy like a blanket. I think they will last a lifetime. Cotton is a soft, […]

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