Grow fiber - PEM BB gardening.wood.fiber

Do you want 2#'s fresh weight or 2#'s ready-to-spin plant fiber?

I would assume ready to spin.  Raw materials can be difficult to measure, green vs dry...etc.   2 lbs of ready fibre can make quite a bit of cloth,  whereas 2 lbs of freshly harvested flax straw would be hard pressed to make anything useful.

Also the requirements  include processing.

Mike,

About 5 years ago we removed a 7' mound of yucca probably planted in 1950's.  We removed all the soil to 3' deep and 1' further into the lawn. Thought it was all gone, but no, it has regrown from the root cuttings we must have missed, is that ok? The spot I harvested from was 15'x5'.

Harvested by hand, I cleaned about a dozen leaves. I tried several tools for scraping, the flat edge of a knife, a spoon, what worked best was an old Tupperware plastic pan scraper. I scraped the flesh off (but it was too messy to continue indoors), rinsed the fiber in water then I used a twining technique of rolling the damp fiber on my thigh. 12 leaves make about 20' of twine.

I'd like to try a traditional 2 machete setup. The video I saw made it look much faster.

The remaining whole leaves were boiled in water for 30 mins, and then laid out to dry hard. I'll work them when the weather warms up again.

I'll add pics later, but so far does this 'count' as growing fiber?

Hmm, I don't think that qualifies.  While this does include processing, since it's in the Gardening badge, I need to see someone growing their fiber from scratch.  The real intent is for crops like flax, cotton or hemp.  I'm fine with perennials but "foraging" the fiber from an existing plant doesn't really tick the box for "growing" to me.  Sorry and thanks for the question!