Originally Posted by
QuiltE
@cashs_mom ... didn't know you could get bamboo socks, so now I will be on the lookout. Perhaps if you could give me a brand name, I could check with Mr. Google to see if we have them here, north of the 49th? Actually, just found some ...
70% Rayon from Bamboo, 20% Cotton, 5% Nylon, 5% Lycra and another with 74% Bamboo from Rayon, 23% Polyester, 3% Spandex. One is made in Toronto. Prices look reasonable compared to the wool DarnTough brand that I have been wearing!
The second contents description is incorrect. You don't make bamboo FROM rayon, you make rayon FROM bamboo.
Rayon is a chemically-broken-down and reconstructed fiber made from a cellulose fiber. It could be cotton, it could be wood pulp, it could be grass (bamboo) pulp.
It is less strong and less heat-tolerant than cotton, so it generally should be dried at lower temperatures.
Fun fact - my organic chemistry teacher in high school in the 70's had us make rayon from cotton balls in one lab.