I've never seen another place that had knitted silk either. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote:
> > > On Sep 16, 2009, at 7:34 PM, Fai Mao wrote: > > > On a slightly different tact. > > Please, no flames as I live in China I do buy Chinese products > > We all buy Chinese products! It is the nature of world commerce. > > > I have thought that a wonderful cycling jersey could be made from > > knitted silk. There is a company in Honzhou that makes golf shirts > > from this and they are just the absolute max in comfort. > > I have never seen knitted silk, I think. Woven silk, yes, but not > knitted silk. > > > Silk has a lot of the same properties as wool in that is both warm in > > cool weather and cool in hot weather but it is never scratchy. > > > > If someone would make a jersey that has a collar and a front pocket, > > like a square tailed golf shirt with a couple of small cycling pockets > > in back, I think they could sell a bunch of them. Bicycle commuters > > could wear them at work as silk, like wool doesn't stink if you sweat > > in it. So for a short commute, in a semi-casual atmosphere you > > wouldn't need to change. > > > > The problem would be that these things would be really pricy. Probably > > at least USD $150.00 each > > Well, people don't expect silk to be cheap. There's an incredible > amount of work in its production. But this is an interesting idea. > > > > -- Fai Mao The Blogger who sometimes responds to comments --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
