Hand Spinning 3 Plant Fibers - History & Spinning Tips And Tricks 🍌🍍🌹
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
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I'm going to spin and weave a sample from three different plant fibers, banana, pineapple (piña), and rose fiber. Let's look at some ways to spin these fibers, what projects they will work well for, as well as take a dive into the history of these fibers, their ecological impact, and the possible future of each fiber.
⌚Time Stamps
0:00 Introduction
01:40 Banana Fiber
08:21 Pineapple/Pina Fiber
14:50 Rose Fiber
19:20 Conclusion
Let's Get Spinning!
~Materials~
🌱 Hearthside Fibers Plant Fibers (Etsy affiliate link) shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=982709...
🍌 Bellatrista Banana Yarn for Weaving www.bellatrista.com/banana-ya...
HISTORY AND INFORMATION - SOURCES
~Banana Fiber~
🍌 Basho-fu artsandculture.google.com/sto...
🍌 Kogei Japan Traditional Crafts of Japan kogeijapan.com/locale/en_US/k...
~Pineapple Fiber~
🍍 Pineapple Fiber Extraction Video • PINEAPPLE LEAVES FIBER...
🍍 Textile Today “Clothing made from Pineapple Fiber” www.textiletoday.com.bd/cloth...
🍍 Philippine Folk Life Museum “History and Origin of Pina” philippinefolklifemuseum.org/...
~Rose Fiber/Viscous Rayon~
🌹 Beersheba Farm Blog www.beershebafarm.com/2019/06...
🌹 North West Yarns nwyarns.com/blogs/northwest-y...
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Are you going to spin any of these fibers? Which one? Leave me an emoji! 🍌🍍🌹
Thanls a lot for sharp ducha wonderful nowledge .Yes. I do Luke to spin tose fibers.
None of the above, I have a huge bundle of raw dogbane stems to process into bast fiber for spinning. Your video just keeps me company. Specifically I'm trying to seperate the tow fibers from the main bunch because of how fine they are. They aren't going to need much combing if I can get them off the main strands of fiber. Dogbane is very strong. The Native americans would use it for rope. The plant itself is poisonous, and when young it can be told apart from common milkweed by the red coloring at the base of the stem. Plant poisons decay with the plant. So the dead dogbane you spin is not dangerous. The plant turns into a branched wildflower with long white flower stalks. The leaves and seedpods look like those of common milkweed but are much smaller and thinner. When growth dies back for the year, it leaves behind a long brown stem, paper dry, which crumples. Below the soil surface is a system of long roots that puts up new shoots each year and that the stems rot off of. The older dogbane is the more brittle the fibers become when processed. So you want that year's growth harvested in January or February even though the dead stems are available any time of the year. Snip the tips off as breaking them to remove the fibers can get very painful on your fingers. Start processing from the base of the stem. Dogbane processing produces a lot of woody chips, which can be poured on the garden as mulch or into the compost. A place called Roots school in vermont has youtube videos on how to process and spin dogbane. You can also process and spin milkweed bast with the same method. Milkweed is at its strongest when frost has just killed the plant, but it is overall much weaker than dogbane. You can spin dogbane on a drop spindle, you cannot do that with milkweed, you must have a supported spindle type. Dead milkweed can also be harvested when you've had a series of freezes and thaws, which makes it very easy to remove the fiber with a dull knife. Dogbane will not do this. The young leaves and flower buds of Common milkweed are edible, but too much is bad for you. And as long as you aren't desperate for food, why would you harvest the buds when the flowers have such a sweet perfume to offer in the may and june sunshine? While processing keep your eyes open for signs of dermatitis. This can happen when handling any kind of wild plant or mushroom. Its not poison, just a skin allergy or a response to an irritant on or in the plant.
Thanks for the video. I'm actually interested in spinning the pineapple fibre and I would really appreciate it if you could share more light on the process once again for me.
@@AnimeShinigami13Hello fellow dogbane stem collector! I too hope to process my bundle of twigs someday. I have a bunch growing in my woods in NC, and I've picked them for the past 2 winters (leaving plenty for wildlife to use as nesting material). I'm going to look up those videos you mentioned - thanks for sharing your experience!
@@froggydoodle808 i've found a simple pet detangling comb (the metal ones) will work for the purpose. though a youtube channel "Sally Pointer" has recently shown how to make primitive plant fiber processing tools out of thorns and wood or twine. Sally is what's called an "Experimental Archeologist" and her specialty is fibercrafts from british prehistory.
I would love to see how these fibers take dye! Rose fibers being dyed with natural rose or other flowers dyes sounds like a super fun experiment
I would love to try that also! 🍌🧶
I was thinking the same!
never considered texture/sensory input as an aspect of crafting, and I'm glad you mention it as a factor for those who need it when working with a given fiber.
That’s actually one of the things that got me into spinning/ knitting and crocheting! I have adhd and often need that sensory experience, although I can handle most fiber textures. There are a few that bug me, mostly sticky feeling textures
Yay! This is some fun coincidence because I just harvested a big bunch of nettle stalks and I'm retting them right now. Plant fibers that aren't cotton or flax is so fascinating to me, especially from a historical context. I can already feel myself falling down a rabbit hole of processing other plants to get their fibers 😅 Once again you've given a lovely jumping off point with this video ❤️
Same here it was watching how nettles were used in the past and now being used again in the future which lead me to this UA-camr 😹😹 I would love to try the nettles but which hotter it does not grow wild in Australia 😹😹😹in all the years I have lived and travelled around the country I have never seen nettles or a 4 leaf clover and I have lived here over 40 plus years now, and as the old Aussie song goes “I’ve been everywhere man”😹😹 around this country and mostly all in the bush lands and desert and flood planes all cities are alike to me it’s going out bush that you really get the feel for any country you live in😹😹 many a time I have missed the UK for its rich history and it’s long skinny laneways off the beaten path.
Hope you have fun diving into the rabbit hole on the nettle side of things 🤗🤗
Happy spinning! (And processing!) 🧶
Oh my goodness! You opened up a new world for me. I am currently trying to learn how to process some fibers from scratch (cause, let's be honest, I'm poor and have a serious craving for some spinning right now) and am currently fermenting kudzu stalks to process them for their long fibers (like 25 meters long), which apparently is a Japanese traditional art. I feel like Kudzu fiber is super under-explored for textiles, and it would be awesome if it became more prevalent since it's so invasive (especially here in TN). Thank you so much for linking to the products -- I will have to give the banana and pineapple a shot soon! I'm a plant fiber type of person, so this video has helped me so much!
Yes! Spin the Kudzu!!! 😊🧶💜
Kudzu is an option? I'm about to spend so much time helping my neighbors clear their overgrowth. After I get the flowers for jelly, that is.
@@heratyc11 Hi! Yes! It is! I just finished removing the plant matter from the fiber and I am shocked by the results. The inner fiber results in a material similar to straw in feel. I spun and crocheted with a bit of it and it's surprisingly cushy and soft when you work it up. However, the fibers from the outer bark are AMAZING. They have a shiny, semi-transparent appearance that looks like silk to me, and they are incredibly soft. They also break down to a very fine thread, which I have had a lot of fun (and a bit of difficulty, to be honest) spinning. I also plan to dye them with more kudzu, which will be awesome. There aren't as many resources out there on this topic as I'd like to see, but the best resource I have found is this book: permies.com/t/66068/fiber-arts/cloth-kudzu (links to an internet forum where someone posted a free copy of the book)
You can also use cudzu for salads just like lettuce
As a brazilian, I love wearing natural plant fibers because of the fresh, airy feature they have. I'm from a place with hot weather so I haven't touched yet any animal wool (only acrylics), wich is more usual on the south of the country, where has a colder weather.
I'm a begginer with yarn spinning and you are a huge inspiration to me! 😊
Congratulations and thank you so much for this amazing channel.
I have a sweater spin that I've completed but not yet crocheted. One ply is a blend of pineapple, bamboo, and merino; the other ply is a blend of banana, bamboo, llama, and merino. It makes a gorgeous yarn, so much movement, very cool to the touch. I look forward to crocheting it into a summer cardigan. They were so much fun to spin, and I learned so much in spinning them. Thanks for the video!
Love the interesting mix of the fibers, I was thinking of the same thing myself but minus the pineapple Fiber as I don’t know if my skin will react to it in the same way as the fruit does as I’m allergic to the fruit yuck, but I am very interested in the banana and wool mix as an alternative to flax as there is a bigger by product waste in the banana fruit industry and this as she said would give the growers a second shot at an income from the plant as it’s cut down once it has fruited one plant one fruit steam and then wasted it’s so crazy how as a people we have moved so far away from what use to be used in the past I’m so glad that so many people are looking back to looking forward to help save on so much waste.
@@dawsie I'm allergic to the fruit too, but the fibre I seem to be OK with? Hopefully it's the same for you! Fully agree with you about waste
This sounds like an amazing project! 🍌🍍🐑🧶
The advantage to Bamboo Rayon is that, as they get the process of making rayon more sustainable, bamboo rayon becomes a great alternative to cotton in light clothing (rayon is naturally wicking and quick drying, which cotton is not) and, unlike cotton, bamboo really doesn't need pesticides (or much in the way of fertilizers) and bamboo is fast growing, really fast growing unlike most other sources of cellulose.
The problem with banana is that they are susceptible to fungus. We lost the main crop banana variety in the 1920’s/30’s to a fungus blight. And the cavendish crop is beginning to show early signs of a fungus blight.
Yes she definitely needs to investigate how bananas came to be the slave populations and all the horrors of The banana growers and harvesters because it's kind of a sinister thing. I'm not sure I would buy bananas or banana fiber because of that. And bananas are susceptible to funguses they can't get rid of until the plant completely dies off Not sure that's worth it. What about hemp? Hemp is supposed to be a lot better
@@jmdenison Wait till you hear the history of cotton.
I have a little Hemp fibre vest top. It does get nice and soft after washing 🙂 Hemp needs no chemicals to grow, win win.
“When the Spanish and Portuguese figured out that South America exists” best explanation of that “discovery” 😂
Haven't thought of pineapple being turned into yarn for sweaters. The piña cloth here in the Philippines are pretty much sheer and glossy and mostly just used for formal attire.
Your analysis is thorough, it is fun to watch and learn from too. Cotton is no longer king! Cotton is not a drought resistant plant, it is time for diversity in textiles.
Thank you Evie. I did'nt realise that rayon was created in such a polluting way. No more rayon for me. Love your delivery of your videos! Could listen to you for hours.
Fascinating topic!
One plant fibre you didn't try here is hemp. Traditionally I believe hemp was used for making canvass that was then used for things like work pants and anything else that required tough fabric - and it was, of course, also used for rope. One of the things that interests me about hemp as a fibre is the fact that it grows in a wide variety of climates and it doesn't require a great deal of water or pesticide.
I would expect it to behave similarly to flax or perhaps ramie but I'd be curious to see how you find it stacks up.
I was thinking of making a natural dye garden next year. I am still doing my research to see what will grow were I live.
Such a shame that some of these plant fibres rely so heavily on chemicals. I had no idea that bamboo was produced in this way. 🫤 Thanks for your constant education. I feel I should be getting cpd points when I watch your videos. 😁🙏🏻🥰
Haha! I'll have to make up some CPD certificates! 😂💜🧶
Thank you for citing your sources! I'm doing a small at-home study of natural (bast) replacements to nylon, and have also been playing around with banana and piña. Extra background is always great to have! Happy spinning!
Glad it was helpful! 🧶😊💜
Fun fact banana fibers are also used to make biodegradable wigs , weaves and hair extensions or false braids or dreads
🤣 I now have ‘too much twist will kill it’ to the tune of Queen’s ‘too much love’ so thanks for that! 😉
I very much enjoyed the banana sliding into shot, tickled me for some reason 🤭😂 We had someone come to spinning guild once with some pineapple fibre and banana, she was doing a project for a textiles degree. They were extremely rough and ready though, nothing like what you spun. I’m in the uk, so I’m going to see what banana fibre I can source. The rose for me is very gimmicky, but each to their own 🤷♀️ Thanks for a fun and informative video 😁
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I love seeing comparison videos like this, it's truly lovely to learn about these things which can be frankly, pretty intimidating if you don't know what all these dang fibers are supposed to be. Its also fascinating to learn the history! I really want to thank you for the sensory warning on the banana fiber, that was extremely considerate
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I mentioned to my husband that I had learned that fabric was traditionally woven from banana in the islands of East Asia and learned that the Filipino shirt he has in his closet from a wedding he was in many years ago is made of banana fiber! ❤️
It is quite rare when just one video makes me subscribe. I love the way you explain things, how you describe their textures, and how easy you make it all look! Going to have fun binge watching a bit today, methinks...
She is a good teacher.
Filipinos loves to weave pineapple fibers and make it into wonderful dresses and barongs :D
Another video already! I really like conversations about ethical consumption with artists, especially when it means making your own fabric stuff
Pineapple weave pattern look prefect for painting canvas. Interesting!
Wow--I am so impressed by the effort you put into your videos, the research, etc.!! Thank you for sharing the environmental aspects! Seriously, fantastic work. You're a star!
Thank you Jillian, you make such clear, wonderful videos. I've been enamored of banana fiber. The processing of it fascinates me. We have so many choices of fiber now and yet when I visit a fabric store, fabric is mostly made from petroleum except for cotton which is extractive, and hard on our soil life, not to mention the dyes! I have processed yucca, and plan to incorporate it in some projects, maybe as an inclusion in making paper.
You're so smart and your interest in the history and sociology of these fibres is both refreshing and fascinating.
ps: I also love those bits of soft piano music. beautiful touch ✨
So interesting! And thank you for the research into the history of each fiber. I'm not knowledgable about fibers, so I can't even picture how they extract them from each product.
You might like Sally Pointer here on UA-cam - she's a delightful lady who does lots involving historical textile practices, including making fibre from stinging nettles and using it to weave :)
@@RuailleBuaille Thank you! I've actually watched a few of her videos as well as I started down this fiber/spinning rabbit hole 😁
I'm so glad you did this as I'm really struggling to spin plant fibers on there own without them being blended with wool x
I really learn a lot from this video on different fibers to spin. When my family took a vacation trip to South Colorado and northeastern Arizona. I learned that native Americans used yucca plants 🪴 for clothing and blankets. I wish some where there was a place that 😕 make yucca fiber to try?
This is really interesting, and I loved the extra information that you shared with us about farming of the fruits and fibers.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm curious: If any of these fibers have a particular scent? I wouldnt say wool smells "good" but I've always enjoyed its scent and it makes me wonder about these plant fibers.
Very interesting. It’s great that these natural fibres are being taken seriously again. Even the rayon types, though they use lots of chemicals in the processing, at least don’t shed micro plastics into our oceans like synthetic fabrics do every time they are washed. One of these days I hope to have a go at producing some nettle yarn as I have plenty of them growing on my vegetable allotment!
This was very interesting to me because I knit and crochet. I want to learn to spin and I have bought a drop spindle and some wool roving. I think it would be fun to spin different fibers into yarn and to knit or crochet something from those fibers.
Thank you for the little caveats on the fiber texture! I have bought so many new fibers and can't stand to touch them as roving/slivers, much less spin then up!
Definitely subscribed after seeing this! You give so much information as you go along, which I love! it's so hard to find Fiber content online! Thank you for the great video! Can't wait to see more!
Very nice comparison. It would have been interesting to see the swatches washed and dried as well.
What the what? Rose fiber? Banana fiber? Pineapple fiber? Fun!!!!
I've got rose top and lavender top which are lovely to spin, and recently I got some eucalyptus, if you enjoyed spinning the rose fibre, then you'll really love eucalyptus fibre it's a beautiful old rose gold colour and looks stunning spun and plied. Cheers from Tasmania!
Living in FL, I love your videos on viscose fibers, and this one is my new favorite. I really want fiber that has a somewhat small footprint, and maybe I could make myself given more research. Awesome!
Oh, my goodness! This is absolutely fascinating! I had no idea that there were so many different kinds plant fibers. Thank you so much for sharing your research and walking through the entire spinning process!
This is so interesting! Thank you 💜
Spinning and weaving is so interesting to me but I have to make peace with the fact I don't have the time to pursue it as a hobby, so for now I'll have to live vicariously through your videos! 😂
I’ve been playing with plant fibers from my backyard. Banana was next on my list since my plant is making bananas! this summer and will be done after that. I probably won’t get anything as clean, but I’m looking forward to spinning and dyeing, and dyeing and spinning. I’m not a weaver, so I’ll be making a knitted fabric if all goes well. Curious to spin this w local wools and alpaca. Thank you for the videos. A fun adventure!
Can you point me in the direction of any videos or reading material about processing my own small batches of fibers from plants? I've only been able to find videos were the process is either in an industrial scale or too vague to understand what the actual process is. Or do you have your own videos with your experiences? Thanks 😊
@@pollyjazz Sally Pointer has some great videos here on youtube particularly about nettles. Once you've learned nettles, the rest are trial and error -as far as strength/durability go. My fave for small cordage is last-year's daylily leaves - just snatch 'em out from under the new green ones, dip them in water, and follow Sally's nettle thread/string/cordage process. Super easy. My family thinks I'm crazy.... (I imagine stone age types sitting around the smokey winter hearth, making string and rope while listening to stories and songs.) Sally's an experimental archeologist-type person who recreates Iron Age textiles. (cool job!). Her youtube channel is her name, Sally Pointer. Hope that helps!
@@pollyjazz Silly me. I switched to the laptop without noticing that it thinks I'm my business. I am Nancy Marshall. :\
I've got some bamboo fiber on it's way to me, and I recently picked up some Flax that I plan on spinning to experiment with. I also have some cotton in my stash that I really should do something with at some point
I think this is great I think I would want to add some cocoa fiber and get a banana split garment. Okay that was just a silly joke
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Thank you Evie, I'm fascinated by spinning, but as you touch upon, quite allergic to wool, so if I ever got into it myself, I would be looking into plant fibers myself.
Hi Jillian,
I wanted to let you know the vendor you used confirmed with me the banana fiber used cellulose extraction process. I would double check the vendors and content in your video for accuracy in case others assume the banana (specifically) is more eco-friendly than it is. Other than that, I really enjoyed seeing a rare video on spinning cellulose fibers. There aren't a lot of them out there!
Wow! That was not the impression I had but you are right, I should definitely double check in the future. I'm very surprised at how much it did spin similar to flax and much less like the rose/bamboo/rayon. Thanks for letting me know! Happy spinning!
Hi Evie! Thank you for your video! This was very educational. I do lace crochet with cotton, and the more research I look into it, the more involved I want to be in creating my own materials. Sustainability is something that I really want to keep in mind. I think it's great that there are other industries with that in mind. Considering alternative materials is so exciting.
I was also sent down the rabbit hole of your videos and I'm inspired to make my own thread too. With something so fine (I'm currently working with size 30 Z twist 3 ply), what kind of spinner would be best for creating that type of thread?
I already ordered a couple drop spindles. I don't know if they would be best for the size I will want for my projects, but I do find it romantic in using a tool similar to what the ancients used and it seems like a tool that I can use to take my time with the process.
I really want to try spinning the banana fiber! This is my first time hearing about it, so I am definitely going to do more research about banana and other bast fibers🍌
There is so much to explore! 🍌🧶
I'd love to see something like this but for using a spindle stick or drop spindle!
Your videos are very sweet and enjoyable. You have a comforting tone about you. I really enjoy the history lessons too 😊 Keep doing what you're doing and thanks for sharing
Bamboo yarn is luscious and a bit of heaven on earth. I love it.
AMAZING!!! NEVER KNOW ABOUT THESE FIBERS… THANK YOU SO MUCH GIRL!!!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
As someone who,is allergic to pineapple I think I will give that one a miss just in case. Rose too I will give a miss as I’m trying to work with natural process of Fiber which is the banana options to me which is also closer to flax so maybe the two mixed together could benefit each other.
When you held the banana and pineapple side by side I could tell right away by the colour and and the texture as to which one was which, I think you may find that a few months down the road you will be able to tell which is which as well.
I love the idea of the banana Fiber for using as this is such a large industry with so much waste this is an industry begging to be utilised for future use in the yarn/fabric industry.
The use of acrylics and polymers for yarn spinning is such a waste of time and causes such a high landfill rate at the end of the day where as natural fibers if placed in the composting at the end of its usefulness gives it just one more step in the cycle of reusing without waste.
Yes, I think banana and flax would work very well together! I hope you explore that and make wonderful discoveries! 🍌🧶
I have knitted rose fiber, quite a long time ago. I crocheted a rose and sewed it to an I cord and called it a necklace.
Cool! I’ve made twine from my banana plants. It’s fun.
Hi Jillian. It's so amazing how they can make yarn out of the various plant fiber. I am going to try and check out any videos on the process. I will try to spin some of the fibers you experimented with. You did a great job of informing us on the process. Have a nice summer. Janet
Fascinating as always
Interesting !! Thank you !!
This is so interesting!!
Definitely intrigued
Fascinating.
Incredible video! As usual 😊 Also thank you so much for talking about sensory sensitivity. I’m autistic and the way you described the textures is perfect!
I'm 100% with you my neuro divergent fiber friend! 🧶💕😊
I’ve just started watching this video and am fascinated. Your descriptions are marvelous. I very much appreciate the history you included in the video. I haven’t yet jumped into actually spinning fiber yet, too scared. Thank you!
This was so interesting!! Thank you Evie.
I too am concerned about the toxic chemicals in the rayon 🤔🤔🤔
I’ve bought some fibre in the past which stunk!!!!!! I’m now reluctant to use it anymore….. Scary!
Bless you
i love this video
Interesting lesson on the various exotic plant fibers. Thank you for this video.
wow I never new any of this thanks for sharing
No way!! I had a bamboo shirt a while back and didn't know it was actually rayon.
Been watching your videos for a couple of weeks now and so excited to get started spinning and weaving, your truly inspiring!
I learned so much from this video. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and research.
I really appreciate your videos. I learn so much! Thank you for sharing with us all.
Thank you so much for all your research about the processing of these fibres (sad to hear they're often so polluting) and sharing your impressions and tips for spinning plus the actual spinning and for making fabric samples and showing us them as well. I just purchased a few different processed plant fibres including rose and have been curious about spinning them but have been holding back. Your video makes me want to just go for it. Thanks, Evie 🌻
Your videos are very interesting! 😊
You have done it again. Great video. I love how you organize and lay out your materials. It allows your viewers to visually compare materials. I may end up being laid up soon and if I am Skillshare sounds like another good way to ocupy my time.
I hope you recover fully and completely! 🧶😊💜
Thank you for the heads up for us sensory sensitive folx!
Interesting
Another great video! Thanks for giving some history of the fibres and empathetic/ecologically minded views. 🕊
your smile is therapeutic.
your videos are wonderful.
thank you so very much for putting such positivity into the universe.
Watching this right after the hottest day of the year. 111 degrees.
❤❤❤i love u! Love juice too. Ur smile is amazing.
That pretty cool I didn't even know it was a thing.
Jillian, thank you so much for very interesting info! Its so new to me). I am quiet excited to learn more about plant fibers!
Heya! New subscriber here- last minute Laura sent me! Love your content already.
This was VERY interesting and informative. I'm not a spinner, weaver... just a rookie knitter this was awesome.
I'm new to the fiber arts and never even knew about these. This was a really informative and fun video
Great job at this video. It is educational, beautiful and fun.
I love the sound of your Ashford 😍
So soothing! 😊🐑💜🧶
Am interested in the banana but concerned about the shipping. Would love to see how they knitted as don't have/can't get a loom. Spun and knitted a flax top which I love. Want to attack the nettles near the house and turn them into fiber from the green. Still wish I could grow flax on empty urban lots and make a start at fiber for sheets in the US...
Thanks!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed this video! 😊🐑💜🧶
This was really interesting. I love experimens! Thanks for the heads up on the 'rose' fibre, so disappointing but better to know than not.
Hiiii!!!
I am more excited than what I should about the banana fibers. I want to try that BADDLY! And to even work with them in a knitting project.
Yay! All the excitement! 🍌🍌🍌🧶😊
Thank you for such a wonderful informative video💕 at some point I would love to try spinning these. Once I actually start spinning for real right now I am still an absolute beginner😅.
If you make yarn, you are a spinner! 😊🧶💜
I am always looking for other types of fibers, since I am alergic to wool. You gave me new informations I did not know and I am so excited...but I will have to look for them in EE, since the shop you mentioned does not ship to Greece.
I was pretty disappointed when you said that the rose fibers were rayon. I was really hoping to be able to harvest fibers from my rosebush when I first saw the thumbnail of the video. But still, it was all very interesting!
Great video! I have each of these fibers and a few others like mint and soy. Will you be doing a video on other plant fibers? Or do you have advice on other plant fibers? ❤
Amazing!🤗🌹Jillian !!🌺🍍 I have been looking for a video like this! I live in a very hot climate and this are the fibers I want to learn to spindle about . and it's great you made this video!! and also you have gave us a little history ..Could you do a video about hands spindle for this fibers ? Which hand spindle you will use ..I just bought Rose fibers which is so nice to touch and I was planning to blended to cotton.. what is you opinion on blending this fibers with cotton ?.Thank for getting curious about this fibers ..Greetings from Fort Lauderdale, FL
I would probably try a slower spindle like a Turkish spindle because too much twist will make the fibers dense, but every spinner is different and we all have different techniques. Try a few and see what works best for you and your projects! Happy spinning!