Ink can be fantastic... modern dying inks are lovely to work with from what I've heard. Again, the best stuff seems to be worked on rayon these days.
Remember back when you could buy fountain pen ink in bottles? That stuff was like a black hole if you spilled it.
My thing with the "102%" cotton came from a similar sort of issue and a number of exchanges with customer service and such.
And otherwise -- now you do have something fun to play with bleach techniques or wear while painting!