Bamboo cloth?

I read a lengthy article in the Sunday paper about cloth made from bamboo fibers. It claimed that the fibers make a very soft cloth which is already being used for bed linens. Has anyone had any direct experience with it? I'd be interested hearing a comparison (in layman's language) with linen, rayon and/or Tencel. I'm not including hemp, because I only ever experienced that as rope or sacking.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

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