Screenshot of a Facebook messenger conversation: Me: this is the dog’s bane we have in the yard, right? (Wikipedia link) Him: looks like it, yes Me: YAY Me: okie dokie Him: why? Me: … Me: um…’cause Me: Grin Emoji Him: You can spin it

He loves me and puts up with my shenanigans 🤣❤️

#BastFiber
#NativePlants
#IndianHemp
#HandSpinning
#FiberFriend
#TrueLove❤️

More on this (there's a link to Gilbertson's full report in this article):
www.resilience.org/stories/2024...

#fibershed #flax #hemp #bastfiber

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#Culture #China #19thCentury #Leather #Silk #BastFiber #Mirrors #Metal #Glass

A white woman's hand (with a bandaid) holds a coil of winter retted hemp fiber.

I'm winter retting some of my hemp this year. Here is the bast fiber from a single stalk of Futura 83 hemp. I think it's still a bit under retted. Staple length is more than 2 meters!

#hemp #fiberhemp #nnef #fibershed #vermontgrown #bastfiber #handspinning #usdasare 🧶