Sparkly ? WTF ?

[green_martha]

Okay, so I bought this striped linen for my wedding petticoat/undies. And it said 100% LINEN. HUNDRED PERCENT. It felt relatively stiff and a little scratchy, like not very fine linen sometimes does. It's been washed and I started using it for my bodiced petticoat. And guess what ? It has METAL threads in it. Very fine metal threads. Yeah, metal. 100% linen. I suppose there go the legal 5% of other stuff that can get into the 100% tag. I'm not going to have any raw seam on the inside, and I'll wear a chemise under it anyway (and it's still pretty and stripey goodness !), but heck ! My pure linen has METAL bits in it !

Also, my throat is sore again. WTF ? Can I get over the sickness, please, and really enjoyt he one week of vacation ? Oh wait, I guess I can't.

Comments

[lorelei01.livejournal.com]

:-( Poo. I hate it when things are mislabeled. Hope you start feeling better soon!

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

It's not even mislabeled, that's the worst thing. There's this stOOpid legal tolerance here that says you have a 5% margin on 100%-something fabrics. And as long as it hasn't been proved that someone is deadly allergic to polyester, you can get dead dinosaur in your silk and metal in your linen, cause it's "just a little bit". *fumes*

[bustlearound.livejournal.com]

Oh no!
That 5% rule is really stupid. Especially if the 5% of other fibres make all the difference to the fabric.

(I once bought pretty expensive 100% wool fabric ... yeah, right. I guess there's Lycra involved, because it's a little stretchy, which I didn't notice on the bolt. Now I always test if a fabric stretches before buying it.)

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure the wool I bought for my Mom's suit has no lycra or the like content, yet it has a certain amount of stretch, due to the way it was woven. Flatlining with organdi is the answer !

[quincy134.livejournal.com]

METAL?!?!?!?! Whoa.

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Yup, metallic threads. It explaisn why I couldn't rip the fabric !

[justawench.livejournal.com]

That's crazy. I thought I was annoyed when the 100% linen I bought was full of tow (it's like wood shavings, I swear) and a bit of plastic that apparently got caught up in the weaving process.

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and I beat myself up for not seeing it when I bought the linen. But hey, I can haz elven undies wif mitrhil threads !

[anielmom.livejournal.com]

Not cool.
Hope you feel better soon.

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm trying - and I'm just spending my vacation at my doctor's office ;)

[wataya]

How in the hell can anyone have the idea to put metal in any kind if fabric without any purpose ? Beyond me.

And I didn't know about the 5% law. Explained why so many 100% cottons are sretchy...

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

The sparklign as actually pretty. Just not pratical if you want to make, say, a pair of drawers.
That 5% regulation is stoopid. 5% is A LOT, people. Just look at your mortgage rate !!!!!!