Hi All,
Just saw the BCUK group on facebook share an article as to why 'Cotton Kills' and I have heard about this before, but for the most part I don't think I have ever been truly remote (and if I have been I have probably worn a mix of all sorts from wool socks to modern waterproof/breathable fabrics and in amongst that I'm sure there has been some cotton!).
Who doesn't wear 'some' cotton or poly/cotton mix when out and about!? What would you wear?
I know there are many natural fibre fanatics around these parts and I must admit I'm keen on the natural fibres as well, although I'd put myself more in the 'transition stage' (Not shaken the manmade fibre jacket for a nice 'cotton' ventile one yet), but what do you wear when your not wearing wool!?
Obviously wools is a big thing around here!
Then of course the lighter alternative seems to be cotton... well...
Then probably lighter still(?) there's silk and I'm sure many others take advantage of it's insulating properties as sleeping bag liners as I do - but who here has considered/or goes out already bushcrafting wearing a nice fetching olive drab silk pyjama combo instead of there cotton trousers and cotton shirts? (possibly rhetorical... but please do answer if you do have a nice fetching silk olive drab pyjama combo (or if you want to out somebody who does))
Or is there some great secret 'natural fibre' alternative that your keeping hush hush?
Or are we really all doomed to have to wear plastic?
On the fire note, which is I know another reason why people prefer natural fibres I have just seen this which is interesting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb4tCcnA6jo
Just look at all that wonderful plastic burn - oh many a fleece I have will never be the same again.
Cheers
Just saw the BCUK group on facebook share an article as to why 'Cotton Kills' and I have heard about this before, but for the most part I don't think I have ever been truly remote (and if I have been I have probably worn a mix of all sorts from wool socks to modern waterproof/breathable fabrics and in amongst that I'm sure there has been some cotton!).
Who doesn't wear 'some' cotton or poly/cotton mix when out and about!? What would you wear?
I know there are many natural fibre fanatics around these parts and I must admit I'm keen on the natural fibres as well, although I'd put myself more in the 'transition stage' (Not shaken the manmade fibre jacket for a nice 'cotton' ventile one yet), but what do you wear when your not wearing wool!?
Obviously wools is a big thing around here!
Then of course the lighter alternative seems to be cotton... well...
Then probably lighter still(?) there's silk and I'm sure many others take advantage of it's insulating properties as sleeping bag liners as I do - but who here has considered/or goes out already bushcrafting wearing a nice fetching olive drab silk pyjama combo instead of there cotton trousers and cotton shirts? (possibly rhetorical... but please do answer if you do have a nice fetching silk olive drab pyjama combo (or if you want to out somebody who does))
Or is there some great secret 'natural fibre' alternative that your keeping hush hush?
Or are we really all doomed to have to wear plastic?
On the fire note, which is I know another reason why people prefer natural fibres I have just seen this which is interesting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb4tCcnA6jo
Just look at all that wonderful plastic burn - oh many a fleece I have will never be the same again.
Cheers