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Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

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Homespun Challenge

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mending our clothes...do you?

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leathercraft

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dyeing

Indigo blue - growing, harvesting, processing and marketing indigo dye plants

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dyeing

growing, harvesting and using natural dye plants and other natural dye materials

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Raising sheep only for wool

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natural fibers and materials

old spinning wheel photos and questions

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Nettle-A-Long, harvesting stinging nettle yarn

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Acorn top hand spinning drop spindle

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Plant fibers for clothing

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Husp quality clothing etc

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sheep to clean up grasses in a garden

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A book on designing a permaculture farm with a focus on Fiber?

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Make your own loom

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Great big thread of Harvest photos!

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plant fibers

Cotton in The Great White North

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Vegan friendly warm and natural textiles - a big oldfashioned brainstorming thread

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Hand spinning on a production scale - tools of the trade

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animal fibers

anger transformed

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animal fibers

Raising sheep only for wool

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animal fibers

Hand spinning on a production scale - tools of the trade

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What works for making yarn with plants?

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natural fibers and materials

I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

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Cordage materials at the Lab

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evaluating wool - what a sheep fleece can tell you

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cloth from kudzu

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retting plants for fibre

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Natural Dyeing with Queen Anne's Lace

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fiber arts and fibershed - what do they mean to you?

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how to extract lanolin from wool

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dyeing

dyeing with invasive species?

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dyeing

Oregon grape (Mahonia aquilfolia or M. nervosa) - harvesting and medicinal use

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animal fibers

Dog wool

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Dale's Cottonwood fluff socks. Using Cottonwood fiber inside leather shoes.

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Dyeing linen with natural dyes and mordants

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plant fibers

Harakeke - New Zealand flax

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Making simple, saleable items from low-grade wool.

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spinning question...advice for better long draw?

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natural fiber as Shade cloth

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Giant ragweed fiber?

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Natural Dyeing with Queen Anne's Lace

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Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

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dyeing

Kakishibu (persimmon tannin liquid)

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natural fibers and materials

Historical spinning resources

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Great American farm tour visits a Wyoming "spinner".

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natural fibers and materials

building a spinning wheel

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dyeing

Indigo blue - growing, harvesting, processing and marketing indigo dye plants

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dyeing

growing, harvesting and using natural dye plants and other natural dye materials

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organic tank top - making my own?

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Hand spinning on a production scale - tools of the trade

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dyeing

making and using your own iron mordant/modifier for natural dyeing

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dyeing

dyeing with invasive species?

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natural fibers and materials

Increasing the number of harnesses on a floor loom

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spinning question...advice for better long draw?

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dyeing

urine in natural dyeing

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Natural Dyeing with Sheeps Sorrel

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dyeing

Mordant safety

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natural fibers and materials

I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

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animal fibers

using goat hair

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animal fibers

Making simple, saleable items from low-grade wool.

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animal fibers

Raising sheep only for wool

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animal fibers

evaluating wool - what a sheep fleece can tell you

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plant fibers

Nettle-A-Long, harvesting stinging nettle yarn

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natural fibers and materials

FIBERSHED...based on ecological balance, local economies, and regional organic agriculture

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leathercraft

Tanning coyote hides - special considerations?

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retting plants for fibre

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cloth from kudzu

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plant fibers

Plant fibers for clothing

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natural fibers and materials

fiber arts and fibershed - what do they mean to you?

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animal fibers

how to extract lanolin from wool

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leathercraft

Buckskin and Bark Tan Leather for sale

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animal fibers

how to weave a rug with raw wool

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growing clothing to sequester carbon

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Homespun Challenge

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Felting a traditional yurt wall

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dyeing

Mushrooms as a dying agent?

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plant fibers

Harakeke - New Zealand flax

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animal fibers

How to recycle a woolen mattress pad

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Local Fibre production with Flax, Nettles, Broom, etc

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natural fibers and materials

old spinning wheel photos and questions

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animal fibers

Dog wool

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natural fibers and materials

home made towels from scratch?

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permaculture fiber arts

Best ever

Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

Homespun Challenge

anger transformed

mending our clothes...do you?

in search of natural clothing - especially winter gear

Indigo blue - growing, harvesting, processing and marketing indigo dye plants

growing, harvesting and using natural dye plants and other natural dye materials

Raising sheep only for wool

old spinning wheel photos and questions

Nettle-A-Long, harvesting stinging nettle yarn

Acorn top hand spinning drop spindle

Plant fibers for clothing

Husp quality clothing etc

sheep to clean up grasses in a garden

A book on designing a permaculture farm with a focus on Fiber?

Make your own loom

Great big thread of Harvest photos!

Cotton in The Great White North

Vegan friendly warm and natural textiles - a big oldfashioned brainstorming thread

Hand spinning on a production scale - tools of the trade

Best this year

anger transformed

Raising sheep only for wool

Hand spinning on a production scale - tools of the trade

What works for making yarn with plants?

I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

Cordage materials at the Lab

evaluating wool - what a sheep fleece can tell you

cloth from kudzu

retting plants for fibre

Natural Dyeing with Queen Anne's Lace

fiber arts and fibershed - what do they mean to you?

how to extract lanolin from wool

dyeing with invasive species?

Oregon grape (Mahonia aquilfolia or M. nervosa) - harvesting and medicinal use

Dog wool

Dale's Cottonwood fluff socks. Using Cottonwood fiber inside leather shoes.

Dyeing linen with natural dyes and mordants

Harakeke - New Zealand flax

Making simple, saleable items from low-grade wool.

spinning question...advice for better long draw?

Most recent

natural fiber as Shade cloth

Make your own loom

Giant ragweed fiber?

Natural Dyeing with Queen Anne's Lace

Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

Kakishibu (persimmon tannin liquid)

Historical spinning resources

Great American farm tour visits a Wyoming "spinner".

building a spinning wheel

Indigo blue - growing, harvesting, processing and marketing indigo dye plants

growing, harvesting and using natural dye plants and other natural dye materials

organic tank top - making my own?

Hand spinning on a production scale - tools of the trade

making and using your own iron mordant/modifier for natural dyeing

dyeing with invasive species?

Increasing the number of harnesses on a floor loom

spinning question...advice for better long draw?

urine in natural dyeing

Natural Dyeing with Sheeps Sorrel

Mordant safety

I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

using goat hair

Making simple, saleable items from low-grade wool.

Raising sheep only for wool

evaluating wool - what a sheep fleece can tell you

Nettle-A-Long, harvesting stinging nettle yarn

FIBERSHED...based on ecological balance, local economies, and regional organic agriculture

Tanning coyote hides - special considerations?

retting plants for fibre

cloth from kudzu

Plant fibers for clothing

fiber arts and fibershed - what do they mean to you?

how to extract lanolin from wool

Buckskin and Bark Tan Leather for sale

how to weave a rug with raw wool

growing clothing to sequester carbon