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raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

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mending our clothes...do you?

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How to Make a Face Mask

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not another yarn blog (spinning, weaving, and natural dyeing)

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Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

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Nettle-A-Long, harvesting stinging nettle yarn

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Wool winter coat - can I sew one? Let's find out together.

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Folly or fantastic - I'm growing a cloak!

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Indigo blues- growing, harvesting, processing and marketing dye plants that produce blue

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Clothing patterns based on rectangles

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Shall I make a hexi-quilt?

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Growing Cotton in The Great White North - Yes, it is possible to grow cotton in Canada!

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Vancouver Island fibreshed - what are we getting right? what's missing?

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Ways to repair the hub on an Ashford spinning wheel

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Needle-Felting! Share your creations, and your tips!!!

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Tallukkaat - Winter boots sewn from wool scraps

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Woad - growing, harvesting and dyeing

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twined rag rug 'how to'

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The making of a Wizard (or is that "wizzard"?)

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Home processing Cotton and Linen on a small scale

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What did I buy?

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my first time indigo dye project with japanese indigo/dyers knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria)

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Permie rug idea thread

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Using tea as dye to turn white to cream?

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Help fixing a wool blend sweater

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PDF sewing patterns, do you use them?

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animal fibers

The Very Frustrating Saga of Trying to Learn to Process Wool

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inspiration from nature: four leaf motif dishtowels in seasonal colors

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ideas for making flat sheets into fitted ones?

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What can I make out of this dress?

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I want to show off my knitting

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Sewing a Tote Bag

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Inspiration from Nature: Stripes

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Wool bath mat, what are your thoughts?

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Can ashes be used as a mordant?

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What is "skirting" a fleece?

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The wool problem is the solution... I hope

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an old quilt: how much effort to make it usable and do I want to?

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Oven mitts, the awesome and easy way!

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The Great A'tuin gets a makeover

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my first time indigo dye project with japanese indigo/dyers knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria)

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Extracting indigo pigments from young Persicaria tinctoria leaves

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Oven mitts, the awesome and easy way!

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animal fibers

Practical/Unconventional Uses for Wool & other Fiber

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DIY Draft Stopper / Door Snake

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Using tea as dye to turn white to cream?

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plant fibers

Turning Seaweed into Fabric: How Do We Make It Water-Resistant?

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Making oil cloth without linseed oil

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Directly growing clothing materials

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Indigo blues- growing, harvesting, processing and marketing dye plants that produce blue

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Split side adjustable skirt - Can I do it?

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Pants waist adjustment - a darting adventure!

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plant fibers

What works for making yarn from plants?

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Rag Rug Loom - Build Your Own with a Modified Design

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Kakishibu (persimmon tannin liquid)

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Can I dye something permanently with coffee or tea?

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Dyeing with false indigo plants

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A service I wish existed! Custom made-to-fit sewing pattern drafting

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inspiration from nature: four leaf motif dishtowels in seasonal colors

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What did I buy?

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Nettle-A-Long, harvesting stinging nettle yarn

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twined rag rug 'how to'

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I'm starting a new experiment with yucca.

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an old quilt: how much effort to make it usable and do I want to?

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Growing Milkweed for Bast Fiber

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Mending things that are not clothes

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A video about banana tree bark fibers

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Sea Silk

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PDF sewing patterns, do you use them?

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Vancouver Island fibreshed - what are we getting right? what's missing?

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Russian traditional outfits

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I want to show off my knitting

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Banana Fibre - useful or not for spinning?

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Asking experienced wool crafters; what kind of wool do I have?

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Learning to make woven clothing - tracking my progress

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hey spinners, do any of you use a 'diz'?

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Tent caterpillar silk!!!

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The Great A'tuin gets a makeover

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Thread Durability

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How to Make a Face Mask

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What can I make out of this dress?

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making your own clothes?

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The wool problem is the solution... I hope

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Recycling down (feathers)?

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Tanning hide with Hemlock bark

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