SC - How do I get started?

[Decker, Margaret]

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> From: 	Diana Haven[SMTP:dhaven at rickardlist.com]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, April 05, 2000 3:18 PM
> To: 	sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> Subject: 	Re: SC - How do I get started?
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> OTOH, I thought linen burnt rather easily?  when I do burn tests on fabric
> (yep, I sew) linen burns fast and hot - like paper, cotton burns slower
> but
> just as hot, silk burns and smells like burnt chicken feathers (try
> growing
> up with a hasidic or orthodox jewish grandmother who burnt off her
> chicken's
> pin feathers every sabbath) and wool is a bear to even get it to catch
> fire
> directly in the heart of the match!
> 
> Diana d'Avignon
> 
	It just doesn't burn as quickly as cotton. It also doesn't melt into
your skin as man made fabrics do. I also sew but I'm not able to wear wool
directly on my skin for very long and linen is the best fabric I've found
for breathability (and its period). Oops I forgot leather shoes - much
better protection than cloth. Margarite