Kitten Stitches Atelier

Bought too many sets of dice? (Is thar even possible? ) Want to keep them in a single bag still organized? My multi-pocket bags are great for that!

In my defense, it had been a whole year 🤷‍♂️.

I've really turned more towards working with natural textiles because the mass scale textile industry is so messed up.

Tumblr user magrittr:

I hate you polyester. I hate you rayon. I hate you acrylic. I hate you “40% cotton 60% other material.” I hate you polypropylene. I hate you “pleather.” I hate you nylon. I hate you synthetics and synthetic blends.

Tumblr user magrittr:

I love you cotton. I love you linen. I love you silk. I love you h**p. I love you plant leather. I love you wool. I love you bamboo. I love you alpaca. I love you jute.

Tumblr user jay-works:

Hi! I'm a sewing professional.

Rayon is actually made out of natural materials. Wood pulp, specifically. It's considered manmade/ "synthetic", because we do some chemical magic to process the wood pulp into something that can be turned into spun yarns. So while it's synthetic, it is not a plastic- and there's a few benefits to rayon from a sustainability perspective. For example:

The bamboo you're referencing in the second post is, in fact, rayon. Because rayon is manufactured by making a slurry and producing yarns from that, it means you can use material that otherwise would have been unsuitable for traditional spinning. Rayon is oftentimes made out of waste products from other manufacturing methods, too.

Rayon fabric comes under lots of different names. Viscose, tencel, lyocel, and anything that's called 'bamboo fabric' will be a rayon.

Rayon is naturally cool to the touch, super breathable, and usually has a lovely slinky kind of drape to it. It's an excellent choice for hot climates, and will continue to be a leading choice for sustainable fabric production. There's even rayon that makes use of old factory yarn waste. So don't knock it- it's a lovely class of fabrics with a lot of applications!

Avoid "acetate", though. Technically a rayon, but it's the lowest caliber of its type, and it doesn't play nice with water.