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Old 09-04-2007, 03:15 PM
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Silk: It's my understand you don't want spun silk as it's fragmented and easily breaks. You want silk which is unraveled from the cocoon. I have NO idea who does that, but God bless them!

Camels: LOL. I wasn't thinking of spinning the undercoat. So that's how they do it! I thought they would pull strands like they do from horses. And another God bless them for that one too. I understand cleaning the horse hair is awful!

First adornments: Flowers in the hair, shells strung on blades of grass, I would think that happened before cro-magnum learned about fire.
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