For another, materials like rope, sisal, hemp and burlap offer a lot more texture and shreddability, making them more pleasurable for the cat to scratch.
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It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as sisal hemp because hemp was for centuries a major source for fibre, so other fibres were sometimes named after it.
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Natural fibres used for making twine include cotton, sisal, jute, hemp, henequen, and coir.
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Grass, rush, hemp, and sisal are all used in making rope.
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Ropes made of multiple strands of natural fibers such as hemp, sisal, manila, and cotton have been used for millennia for hoisting and hauling.
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The researchers coated hemp and sisal fibers with nano-sized particles of bacterial cellulose through a special fermentation process.
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Their beige colour meant they went with everything, from hessian wall coverings and home-woven hemp shirts to the ubiquitous sisal matting.