Re: Flax

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 00:00:59 -0700

I'd put cotton in the DH Empire - somehow it just seems to fit - after all, Egypt was a big cotton producer for a while. Flax (and Linen) are definitely used in Sartar & Heortland (at least in my mind - too much research into 16th cent. Scotland & Ireland many years ago) it's not all just wool and leather. The West probably uses flax as well, While the east must have silk! Of course, trade in silk from East to QWest probably occurs - maybe through Pent? I can't imagine any merchant in their right mind going through the Wastes with bales of silk...

RR
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> > I cannot recall a single mention of one VERY
> > important pre-industrial crop as a
> > regular part of any culture: Flax.
> >
> > does anyone know who or where it's grown? In
> > Glorantha that is.
>
> It's listed as one of the plants grown in Sun County.
> "Other crops include vegetables and common plants like
> flax, tomatos and herbs". That doesn't sound like a
> major export, though. Barley is their main crop.
>
> > In the same vein, how about cotton? Yes, it was hard
> > to spin because the fibers
> > weren't as long as wool, but Egypt grew it from
> > pretty early on.
>
> You'd need a hot climate. I've never heard any mention
> of it, either, though. Esrolia, perhaps?
>
> But then again, maybe Glorantha has another
> cloth-producing plant entirely? As John was saying,
> these analogues are useful, but they're not the full
> story. (I was talking about nettles a few messages
> back, wasn't I? You did know that nettle fibre makes
> quite a nice linen?)
>
>
>
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