Bamboo?

[XmisterIS]

Does anyone here wear bamboo clothing?

If you do a Google search for "bamboo clothing", lots of stuff comes up at reasonable prices.

I'm attracted to it because (a) it's not that expensive and ( I am led to believe that it is a far more "eco friendly" product that cotton because the bamboo grows so fast and is grown "wild" - i.e. they just stick it in the ground and watch it grow, without the need for intensive farming techniques (e.g. chemicals).

From a consumer point of view, I'd be interested to know how well bamboo clothing keeps its shape as compared to cotton clothing. Currently I buy those multi-packs of t-shirts from ASDA; but after a few washes they end up like something that would look good on Quasimodo.

If bamboo keeps its shape and is as "eco-friendly" as the vendors would have us believe, I think it could be the way forward ...

 

[mr Mag00]

yh i have used it and found it to be excellent

 

[bikermaze]

This sounds interesting. I might try to get one in the future.

 

[ASC1951]

If bamboo keeps its shape and is as "eco-friendly" as the vendors would have us believe, I think it could be the way forward ...

Ditto hemp, which IIRC grows in a greater range of climates.

Cotton is grown with plenty of fertiliser and a huge amount of water. In the wrong place - e.g. the US Midwest and around the Aral Sea - it can be disastrous. A frightening story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea

 

[XmisterIS]

Ditto hemp, which IIRC grows in a greater range of climates.

Cotton is grown with plenty of fertiliser and a huge amount of water. In the wrong place - e.g. the US Midwest and around the Aral Sea - it can be disastrous. A frightening story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea

I remember my Mother telling me about that - another of Stalin's cunning plans ...

It makes me wonder, then, why the big vendors (e.g. tescos, asda, etc) haven't all switched to bamboo and hemp t-shirts and other clothing? Surely that would be the best way to get us all to start wearing eco-friendly and sustainable fibres?

 

[colly]

I've not seen any clothing made from bamboo but I do have a pattern book full of upholstery cloths that is made from bamboo.
It works fine with no other fibres in but the manufacture has had to weave in an amount of modacrylic yarn to enable the cloth to take a back coating so it will pass flamability tests.

Versatile stuff bamboo.

 

[ASC1951]

I assume there is a slight price differential? I think the weave is also slightly coarser, which is why we moved from linen to cotton when machine spinning lowered the price.

Hemp is particularly good because it has virtually no pests so you just need to plant it and water it. There again, if you plant anything in 1000 acre lots year after year you are still going to cause havoc.

 

[Fnaar]

I had a bamboo jumper*... stopped wearing it, as I couldn't bend my arms


(*I didn't really)

 

[mr_cellophane]

Aldi sold some bamboo base layers last year. They felt quite nice, but I didn't need any at the time. Mountain Warehouse also sell bamboo base layers.

 

[mr Mag00]

I had a bamboo jumper*... stopped wearing it, as I couldn't bend my arms


(*I didn't really)

surely,


'... on monday it fitted fine by friday it was xxxl'

 

[Fnaar]

I kept getting chased by pandas

 

[mr Mag00]

lol!

 

[Campfire]

I have a long sleeved top in Bamboo which I bought from La Redoute a few years ago. Then Aldi did T shirts, I bought two. They feel lovely and smooth and are great to wear but do tend to crease a lot.

 

[summerdays]

I have several bamboo things... I've got merino base layers but next to my skin they make me itch ... whereas the bamboo is lovely and soft. I bought some more this year and the packaging advised to buy a bigger size as it would shrink by 10% ... I would say it did shrink a little - the arms no longer went down to the base of my fingers but not so much it felt small.

I would buy more apart from the fact most of it is black and black is so boring!

 

[mr Mag00]

I would buy more apart from the fact most of it is black and black is so boring!

yh! dull as.......