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Furniture and flooring usually come to mind when we think of ways to use bamboo. Not many of us, though, think of bamboo clothing! But that might be changing with the popularity of an amazing fabric made from bamboo.

The process

  How can a material used to make hard floors also be used to make soft cloth? In 2001, researchers in Beijing figured out that it’s all in the processing. Today, two main methods are used.