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Furs and fabrics and suchlike
Lyn's been working on fashion for her peoples, which has gotten me thinking about mine. Well, not fashion so much as just... clothing.
See, in such a highly flammable environment, you aren't going to get nice fluffy plant material for spinning. No cotton, no linen. There might be something along the lines of silk - and considering the size to which insects are capable of reaching on this planet, it could possibly be easier to harvest sizable amounts than it is for our actual silk.
This leaves the primary clothing materials as being skins and furs. Possibly leaves? I still need to think about the leaves. Anyway! So the question of fur, wool, etc. came up as a possible source of fibers for fabric. I was hoping to make the fibers naturally flame-retardant, but I'm not so sure that would happen. Most animals will not need to be flame-resistant, as they will just, you know... run away from the fire.
Which means that fabrics will be exclusively in the colder regions, where you would quite possibly just want to use the whole fur anyway. Unless I go with the silk-like thing, but why would you develop spinning and weaving just to make something wearable out of insect cocoons if there is no other use for said spinning and weaving? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
See, in such a highly flammable environment, you aren't going to get nice fluffy plant material for spinning. No cotton, no linen. There might be something along the lines of silk - and considering the size to which insects are capable of reaching on this planet, it could possibly be easier to harvest sizable amounts than it is for our actual silk.
This leaves the primary clothing materials as being skins and furs. Possibly leaves? I still need to think about the leaves. Anyway! So the question of fur, wool, etc. came up as a possible source of fibers for fabric. I was hoping to make the fibers naturally flame-retardant, but I'm not so sure that would happen. Most animals will not need to be flame-resistant, as they will just, you know... run away from the fire.
Which means that fabrics will be exclusively in the colder regions, where you would quite possibly just want to use the whole fur anyway. Unless I go with the silk-like thing, but why would you develop spinning and weaving just to make something wearable out of insect cocoons if there is no other use for said spinning and weaving? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
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As for spinning... go for it. People clothe for decoration, too. And perhaps sinew isn't always the most useful thing for sewing/decoration?
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