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plant fibers

Natural plant sources for textiles. Includes nettles, flax, linen, jute, cotton, sisal, and other plant-based fibers.

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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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keyhole garden in summer drought

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

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Nettle-A-Long, harvesting stinging nettle yarn

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

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Homespun Challenge

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Home processing Cotton and Linen on a small scale

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Flax to Linen group of Victoria made a movie for you!

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

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

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plant fibers

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

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Are any Canadians interested in growing cotton?

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One thing led to another, and now I've made a squash dome

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Great big thread of Harvest photos!

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Homegrown Linen: transforming flaxseed into fibre by Raven Ranson

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home made towels from scratch?

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Trying to find a really good blanket solution

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Plant fibers for clothing

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cloth from kudzu

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One thing led to another, and now I've made a squash dome

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Trying to find a really good blanket solution

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Weaving lavender wands - for moth repellent and fun

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What kind of basket can be made from this?

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plant fibers

This is knot a thread (examples of knots in use on the homestead)

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How to get started in nålbinding projects

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Need Truly All-Natural Diapers

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plant fibers

Weaving with linen is hard - or is it?

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Wierd Plant Fibers: How to harvest?!?!

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Burdock fiber

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An Awesome project! Knitted Lace Fence!

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Where do different natural fibers shine?

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Snake plant: mother-in-laws tongue: sansiveria as fiber

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plant fibers

Historic use of velvetleaf

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Best plant-based fibers for making pot holders

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question about making rope and chord

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Jute/ Burlap fabrics

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keyhole garden in summer drought

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Processing foraged common reed for basket weaving

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textile techniques

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

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plant fibers

This is knot a thread (examples of knots in use on the homestead)

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wild harvesting

One thing led to another, and now I've made a squash dome

2 weeks ago 14 replies 1 12 28

plant fibers

Flax to Linen group of Victoria made a movie for you!

1 month ago 38 replies 2 3 9

textile techniques

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

1 month ago 57 replies [ 1, 2 ] 7 7 24

An Awesome project! Knitted Lace Fence!

1 month ago 1 reply 2

plant fibers

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

2 months ago 90 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 6 28 18

textile techniques

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

2 months ago 48 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 9 20

textile techniques

Weaving with linen is hard - or is it?

3 months ago 7 replies 1 3

books

Homegrown Linen: transforming flaxseed into fibre by Raven Ranson

3 months ago [ 1, 2 ] 5 20 45

plant fibers

Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

3 months ago 202 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] 24 62 61

textile techniques

How to get started in nålbinding projects

3 months ago 11 replies 4 6

plant fibers

cloth from kudzu

3 months ago 18 replies 4

animal fibers

Trying to find a really good blanket solution

3 months ago 47 replies [ 1, 2 ] 8 19

dyeing

What's your favorite plant to grow for dye?

3 months ago 27 replies 1 14 7

question about making rope and chord

3 months ago 2 replies

digital market

Homegrown Linen excerpt: Dressing a distaff with line linen

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Best plant-based fibers for making pot holders

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plants

Japanese banana, Musa Basjoo

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clothing

Where do different natural fibers shine?

7 months ago 6 replies 1 3

Nettle-A-Long, harvesting stinging nettle yarn

8 months ago 111 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 14 25 38

Wierd Plant Fibers: How to harvest?!?!

8 months ago 2 replies 1 2

kids

Need Truly All-Natural Diapers

8 months ago 4 replies 1 8

What kind of basket can be made from this?

8 months ago 12 replies 4 2 11

textile techniques

Weaving lavender wands - for moth repellent and fun

9 months ago 12 replies 3 7

plants

Historic use of velvetleaf

9 months ago 10 replies 4 3

Burdock fiber

9 months ago 5 replies 3 5

Jute/ Burlap fabrics

9 months ago 1 reply 1

Snake plant: mother-in-laws tongue: sansiveria as fiber

10 months ago 4 replies 4 3

Look! It turned into a fiber garden!

10 months ago 28 replies 1 22 11

clothing

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

10 months ago 67 replies [ 1, 2 ] 8 19

textile techniques

home made towels from scratch?

11 months ago 29 replies 2 5 5

plants

Stinging Nettle - Urtica Dioica

1 year ago 23 replies 1 4 1

books

Alden Amos Big Book Of Handspinning by Alden Amos

1 year ago 1

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What are the rules on foraging materials in the US?

1 year ago 21 replies 9

Nettles for Fibre

1 year ago 5 replies 2

How to use Cordyline Australis/New Zealand Cabbage Tree for ties, twine, or weaving

1 year ago 5 replies 1 3

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Hemp / cotton yarn for jumper?

1 year ago 4 replies 1 1

Lespedeza sericea for fiber?

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house plants

Cotton as a House Plant

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Growing and Processing Cotton on a Small Scale

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What works for making yarn from plants?

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