Plant fibres & textiles - links

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Information
Alliance for Sustainable Building Products	natural fibre insulation
British Hemp Alliance	creating a thriving domestic hemp industry
Fibershed	hemp for textiles
Hash, Marijuana & Hemp Museum	industrial hemp fibre
Hedgerow Couture	Allan Brown – ethical & sustainable textiles
Nettles for Textiles	repository of all things nettle-related, especially for local textile production
News from Nowhere	nettles: fibre of the landless
Wild fibres	info on various plant fibres
Wrap	sustainable textiles
Videos
Banana fibre extraction processing; yarn spinning & weaving
Cotton Weavers of Bắc Hà
Fibre from Flax (1940-1949) British Pathé film
How linen is made
Nettles for Textiles website. The video gallery includes a number of very useful videos demonstrating various nettle fibre extraction processes
New Zealand flax: demonstration of extracting Muka (NZ flax fibre)
Sisal fibre – documentary
Traditional nettle (Girardinia diversifolia) fibre extraction by women of Nagaland, India
Weaving of Mosi (fine ramie) in the Hansan region
… and here are a few more
Ramie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUpXye1YjsY
Hemp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBAGPkoL2UI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS0s8sdCAbw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGf2gpCzBcA
Nettle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt-oEanNwkg&list=PL4v-o9aGUj1h084NMmGpmD05UsbqHdiuz&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgQ2fPiUEU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITvmTIrq_RQ&fbclid=IwAR21P9KoQjkchFvtqS5-MOPX-fhgLwrEaygQAsnQGSCAla6wNWg-mg95Pro
Allo (nepalese nettles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LgEcdF933Y&feature=share
Broom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67e3xY-aoHM
Pineapple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=U8qGid6EOSI&NR=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRvWiiGoOzI
Wisteria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuDPj0117iU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfPrk9eE9aM&feature=youtu.be
Yucca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQhfbbKzqQ8&t=382s

Plant fibres & textiles Resources

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