You Can Grow It?

At our last meeting, Jeanette produced an item that looked like leather from a distance, felt like those fruit roll-ups that kids use for a snack, but it turned out to be fabric.  Fabric that she had grown.  Yup!  You heard right.  You can grow fabric!  Hold on to your hats textile artists!!

Apparently using a brew of Kombucha culture known as Scoby, some plastic containers, heat and a dark place, you can grow a microbial fabric that has a texture varying from leather to papyrus.  Although it's tensile strength is strong, it has however one drawback; it's not waterproof or water resistant.

If you want to start your own "fabric laboratory"  here are some sites you may wish to visit to find out more.

https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-your-own-kombucha-scoby-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-202596

http://www.instructables.com/id/Kombucha-Fabric/

https://jennyy.com/what-next/