Re: Semi-Natural Fabrics? Where do you find?

[Guest guest]

So, where do you find alpaca and some of these other clothes for using

in making stuff? We can get organic cotton and hemp from Frontier or

Ecolution, but have never seen a place to get the others.

[Guest guest]

Actually on ebay there have been some hand made alpaca sweaters from

Peru that are really lovely for a decent price. I've bought alpaca

yarn there and gotten some that was really wonderful and naturally

colored from the animal, and some that was more disappointing but still

nice. If you knit there are a lot of sources to get great yarns to

use. If you don't maybe you'd want to learn? It's a great relaxer,

similar to meditation but you are getting something useful done at the

same time. The best book I've seen for learning how to is " Stich N

Bitch " . Unfortunate name for having it sitting around a bunch of

little kids who can read, tho.

Also check the Salvation Army thrift stores. I recently got a 100%

cashmere sweater for $7; and my daughter got a lamb's wool/angora

sweater for $2. If you don't like the colors you can dye them with

Kool-Aid - it works on any animal fiber. I figure if they make it for

kids to drink it can't be that toxic. You can google kool aid dye for

directions.

BTW, angora can be goat or rabbit fur. With the rabbits they comb out

the undercoat when they shed. It's a fairly sustainable industry - the

rabbit poo is excellent garden fertilizer and poorer families often

keep some angora rabbits to supplement their incomes in third world

countries.

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> So, where do you find alpaca and some of these other clothes for

using

> in making stuff? We can get organic cotton and hemp from Frontier

or

> Ecolution, but have never seen a place to get the others.

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[Guest guest]

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Have you talked to the ladies at Baer's in downtown Louisville? I used

to call it the fabric Mecca.

Desh