Can dust be weaved into clothes?

argentcorvid , 6 months ago

It’s called felting.

shalafi , 6 months ago

Just save the bag for starting camp fires.

Omega_Jimes , 6 months ago

I think you’ve invented dryer lint.

scottywh , 6 months ago

There was a time when I thought it might be an interesting idea to try and make pillows using dryer lint as the stuffing…

Never actually tried it though … 😂

GentlemanLoser , 6 months ago

Dryer lint, steel wool, and a 9V battery can make a nifty little firestarter

intensely_human , 6 months ago

Yes! I have an entire startup based on this. It’s called Dustweavers and we weave dust into everything from clothing to microchips. It’s all very straightforward and not even a little batshit.

Plopp , 6 months ago

Protip: add cats to the factory to increase high quality weavable dust. Cats are also good for microchips.

SpaceNoodle , 6 months ago

I would like to launder $50MM through your startup please

muntedcrocodile , 6 months ago

Send me a matrix account and im sure we can come to an egreement

intensely_human , 6 months ago

Just send us your dust and we’ll weave new dollar bills from it

rockerface , 6 months ago

Do you have connections with Dustbringers and Lightweavers, by any chance?

SkybreakerEngineer , 6 months ago

They prefer “releasers”

medicsofanarchy , 6 months ago

Cloth, probably not. But look into homemade paper - you might be able to turn vacuum lint into something like construction paper, but ew.

Edit: Found this - instructions on turning dryer lint into paper

qwertyqwertyqwerty , 6 months ago

Maybe with a lot of glue?

antidote101 , 6 months ago

It’s more likely to need a wet felting process… Even then you’d probably need longer strands involved.

AFKBRBChocolate , 6 months ago

Probably not realistically. Weaving fiber into thread relies on those fibers being long enough to hold onto eachother. Dust particles are too small for that. Even dryer lint doesn’t work well - anything you made would pull apart much too easily.