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

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

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Folly or fantastic - I'm growing a cloak!

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Linen Flax - Flax plant for spinning and weaving

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How to Make a Face Mask

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keyhole garden in summer drought

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r (attempts to) build a capsule wardrobe

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Sewing, Yarn, and Fibre Memes

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Nettle-A-Long, harvesting stinging nettle yarn

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mending our clothes...do you?

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Clothing patterns based on rectangles

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

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The search for a practical skirt

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anger transformed

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

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Ways to repair the hub on an Ashford spinning wheel

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

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

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Homespun Challenge

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Upcycling clothes!

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Fantastic fasteners worthy of permaculture clothing

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Antique spinning wheel hub repair

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Making work pants with a secret pocket

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Changing of the... needle!!

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Renovating some jumpers

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Turning worn-out cloth into paper....or at least trying to!

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Singer Treadle machines are passing 100 years old!

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Making the perfect pencil case (when I don't yet know what my style is)

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Can I cut a mattress in half to make two smaller ones?

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looking for advice on growing cotton

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making a curtain from a bedspread or quilt

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Any tricks for adding new elastic to old pants?

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Zoom Loom -- maybe transitioning from playing to projects

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New Loom, What to Do?

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Split side adjustable skirt - Can I do it?

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Stone Age (neolithicum and before) techniques

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Anyone growing flax this year?

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Crochet has been added to the hobby list

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Permies Poll: Cake vs Skein vs Hank vs Ball - Which is your favorite form of yarn?

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I want to learn to sew fur

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Tea cozies, etc

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

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How to spin poodle hair?

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Permies Poll: Cake vs Skein vs Hank vs Ball - Which is your favorite form of yarn?

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DIY Draft Stopper / Door Snake

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Plastic spinning wheels?

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Insulation value of different types of wool

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Zoom Loom -- maybe transitioning from playing to projects

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Singer Treadle machines are passing 100 years old!

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angora rabbit wool, can I use it for felting, and how to process it?

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Clothing patterns based on rectangles

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Felted Christmas ornaments

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Forgotten fibre

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looking for advice on growing cotton

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Permie Textile/Sewing Project Brag Thread

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Stone Age (neolithicum and before) techniques

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Handmade, hand-gathered local clothing project

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Slipcovering Adirondack-style deck chairs

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I need help weaving a corn shuck hat

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what are some different ways to make lacing cord?

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Meet the yip-yips!!

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Crochet has been added to the hobby list

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

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how to extract lanolin from wool

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No-Tool Spinning / Twisting a thread.

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Twisting a cord for basketry

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Clothes from wood bark

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DIY pin loom?

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Making Knitting Needles (Raw Materials)

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Homespun Challenge

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I want to learn to sew fur

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Jute - knitting and crochet

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Processing foraged common reed for basket weaving

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Dyeing with false indigo plants

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A quilt a week

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how to seal butterfly wings

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making a curtain from a bedspread or quilt

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Kakishibu (persimmon tannin liquid)

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home made towels from scratch?

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Vintage Kenmore Sewing Machines group - 2 months to termination, unless...

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New Loom, What to Do?

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A Spurtzleur for spinning and plying

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Do you like Sewing Awls?

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Dyeing with native plants

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Schinus molle, peruvian pepper tree - has anyone used it for dyeing wool?

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