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2nd Seersucker Social and Picnic

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2nd Seersucker Social and Picnic

Time: August 26, 2012 from 11:30am to 7pm
Location: Metropolitan Correctional Center
Street: 400 S. Clark St.
City/Town: Chicago, IL
Website or Map: http://www.thechainlink.org/g…
Event Type: social, tweed, picnic, ice, cream, dancing
Organized By: John
Latest Activity: Sep 18, 2012

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The Seersucker Social features a relaxed ride with the best of summer in Chicago, unsullied by artificial fibers.

We'll ride south from the loop to the Prairie Avenue Historic District and Hyde Park.  A picnic at the Osaka Garden on Wooded Island, gelato at Istria Cafe, then music and dancing in Grant Park.

Seersucker, linen, madras and silk are encouraged. Bring your own tasty lunch.

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Comment by John on August 14, 2012 at 6:57am

Comment by daWillinChi on August 13, 2012 at 10:09am

Boo! I will be out of town on this day :(

Comment by globalguy on August 13, 2012 at 10:08am

Interesting Facts About Linen

Beneficial: in the language of flowers, flax means "benefactor" It is healthy and beneficial for the skin: thermo-regulating (insulating in winter, breathable in summer), non-allergenic and anti-bacterial….

Binding: way of crossing weft and warp. Most current weaves for linen: "linen binding" (same yarn in weft and warp), herringbone, twill, jacquard, satin, velvet.

Cambric: A precious, very fine and tightly woven linen fabric, named after a famous master-weaver (around 1275) Jean-Baptiste de Cambrai (France)..used for handkerchiefs, christening robes etc

Civilisation: Linen is the oldest textile plant cultivated in Europe and is so much part of our history that it is referred to as the " fibre of civilisation " (e.g. : Penelope's weave, The " Bayeux tapisserie", Venice chantilly or Bruges lace, …)

Combing: Further to scutching, the fibres are parallelised and strectched into ribbons ready to be spun.
Crinoline: a fabric petticoat made from horsehair and linen, stiffened by a framework of steel hoops (18th - 19th century).

Dyeing affinity: the capacity of a fabric to take a dye, an area in which linen excels, because it is a hollow fibre, which absorbs colour and reflects light.

Ecological: flax needs 5 times less fertilisers and pesticides than cotton to grow, and, as for the best wines, needs no irrigation. It's processing into fibre (see retting and scutching) respects the environment, as it is purely mechanical (using neither solvents nor water) in opposition to man made fibres such as viscose, bamboo or maize.

Comment by John on August 12, 2012 at 4:20pm
There is now - thanks Alan.
Comment by Alan Lloyd on August 12, 2012 at 3:36pm

John: there was no link to this on the BBC home page ...

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