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Southwest Trading Co.
NEW FIBER FROM BAMBOO BY SOUTHWEST TRADING COMPANY!!!
This fiber is absolutely to die for! Great for blending and spinning by itself.
Here's what Jonell, owner of Southwest Trading Company has to say about this truely fabulous fiber:
"Today we received the first of shipment of a new fiber we are Calling BLACK DIAMOND FIBER. Its a bamboo carbon fiber that is Naturally gray and exquisitely soft. Blend it with your blank mohair Or Gotland wool "( and I'll add Cotswold to this and any other long luster wool breed)" and fall in love!
Black Diamond Fiber
According to the American Chemical Society, in 1879, Thomas Edison Invented the first incandescent light bulb. It used electricity to Heat a thin strip of material, called a filament, until it glowed. Edison may also have created the first commercial carbon fiber. Early filaments, were made from bamboo slivers which were formed Into the proper size and shape then baked them at high temperatures. Since bamboo consists mostly of cellulose, a natural linear polymer Made of repeating units of glucose, the filament was "carbonized," When heated. It became a true carbon copy of the starting material An all-carbon fiber with the same exact shape. Tungsten wire soon Displaced these carbon filaments, but they were still used on U.S. Navy ships as late as 1960 because they withstood ship vibrations Better than tungsten.
Bamboo carbon fiber, called Black Gold or Black Diamond by those in The industry, is resistant to ultra violet rays and possesses anti- Odor properties. It also adjusts well to both humidity and dryness."
