KnitWit 75: Rayon

Filed under: podcast — Autumn Breeze at 1:20 pm on Saturday, June 30, 2007

News

  • Interweave Press new blog http://knittingdaily.com/
  • Knit Pattern a Day calendar looking for patterns for 2009 calendar. Visit their website (http://www.knittingpatternaday.com) for more details.
  • Knitting Designer Annie Modesitt”s husband’s has been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma . There is an effort to raise funds to help pay for treatment (http://www.weloveanniemodesitt.blogspot.com/).

Personal news.

  • Computer is in transit.
  • Sadie is a bad girl
  • I play with new yarn TOFUtsies

I talk about man-made fibers. Concentrating on the original man-made fiber, rayon. I discuss its history and how it is made. I hope you find the information interesting.

Please let me know what you think. What are you experiences with these fibers?

website: autumnbreezedesigns.com

email: carry.autumnbreeze@gmail.com

voice-mail: 206 666 5775

Thanks. Carry

approx. 19 minutes

 
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Comment by mishka

July 1, 2007 @ 5:50 pm

Carry, I really enjoy your podcasts, but especially the ones about specific materials. This was a good one, especially your observations about how “green” these fibers are.

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Comment by Jenneke

July 2, 2007 @ 3:58 am

Hi Carry, Great show again! I really enjoy these fiber-info shows. Good luck with Sadie.

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Comment by Shine

July 3, 2007 @ 9:38 am

Loved this show, very informative.

Fingers crossed you succeed in keeping Sadie restrained!!!

xx

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Comment by Elaine

July 4, 2007 @ 10:36 pm

Hi, Carry,
Just discovered you and listening from the begining. Wonderful pod cast. Love listening to your stories. Keep up the great work!!

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Comment by Robin

July 10, 2007 @ 11:53 am

Carry,

I totally agree with you about “no sheep” yarns. It was only yesterday that they were touting wool as a renewable source - unlike, say, leather - and how wonderfull it is. Now they don’t like it beacause they say it is cruel to shear animals. Gimmie a break! It’s cruel not to.

Anyway, thanks for the dissertation on rayon. It was fasinating.

Robin

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Comment by Katherine

October 10, 2007 @ 9:07 pm

Loved this episode! I didn’t know about the chemical baths with rayon and it definitely makes me look at it differently!

Loving the informational episodes where I learn something!

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