I think you should just fondle the sheet samples they have and get what feels best to you.
Or, what feels reasonable. I think sheets get softer over time anyway.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 14, 2009 11:53:28 am PST #1294 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
meara - Jan 14, 2009 11:53:40 am PST #1295 of 30000
Supposedly anything more than about 400 is actually bullshit, Tom. I think you should avoid polyester. That's about all I know...
Ooh, and bamboo is cool, these days.
Sparky1 - Jan 14, 2009 11:55:23 am PST #1296 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Don't rely too much on thread count, because they can fudge the numbers (eg, you want the thread count to refer to single ply, because one of the ways things get fudged is with double ply, etc.). Quality of the cotton is going to actually matter more, and you'll know if you like the feel of it.
sumi - Jan 14, 2009 11:56:05 am PST #1297 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, I have a regional dialect question. I just saw Nikki Giovanni speaking and she talked about having grown up in Cincinatti but she pronounces it Cincinattah (uh?) is that a generational thing
Hil R. - Jan 14, 2009 11:57:18 am PST #1298 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
100% cotton sheets usually feel nice and breath well, but they get wrinkled easily. 50/50 poly/cotton don't get wrinkled, but they tend to feel kind of clammy in the summer. The bamboo that meara mentioned is pretty cool -- feels almost like silk, and supposedly it's a good option, environmentally, because bamboo can grow back really quickly, but I don't know all the details of how true that claim is.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2009 12:04:16 pm PST #1299 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Beech (modal) feels nice too. It's my fabric of choice for pillowcases.
Cass - Jan 14, 2009 12:05:24 pm PST #1300 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Ooh, and bamboo is cool, these days.
I've slept on bamboo sheets and now covet them.
msbelle - Jan 14, 2009 12:06:04 pm PST #1301 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh sara, I got the official email that our Congressman passed us over for tickets. So, we will be watching from home, or more likely, Tivoing.
Scrappy - Jan 14, 2009 12:07:36 pm PST #1302 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Oh, having grown up with a front yard in which my Dad A. tried to have a zen garden theme and B. made his children do all the yardwork, I can say with authority that bamboo grows really really REALLY fast.
Burrell - Jan 14, 2009 12:14:05 pm PST #1303 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Scrappy, you just reminded me of when my parents tried to grow a tiny, bonzai-sized Japanese garden. There was bamboo in it, and yeah, it grew quickly.