Cottonization: Making Hemp And Flax Fibers Into The Better Cotton

Advanced Techniques
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cotton from hemp

From Hackaday

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I really like linen. I think it’s my favourite.

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I boil the bast fibers in a mixture of water and washing soda. Then I pound it with a wooden hammer! Get the fiber cards, and go to work! In the end, spin it on the wheel. It’s not like cotton, that’s for sure.

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I grew the plants, and produced the fiber.

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Very VERY cool @JoeCrowe

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That is awesome. I had a friend start with wool from the sheep. Go thru to whole wash, card spin and weave on a loom.

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You can also do nuts things like this. It’s a little micro macrame.

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That is cute!

:green_heart: :seedling:

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I had to really search online to discover the part of the plant, that is the fiber for paper or cloth. Then I had to look up how you change the bark into a fiber! Half a cup of washing soda in a huge pot of water. Boil it for 20 min.

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There’s the fiber cards in the last photo. You can use it to card the fibers and make roving. Left over crap from when my parents thought they were pioneers. I got the spinning wheel too.

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Epic!!
OG khadi fabric :green_heart:

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