Harvesting and Green-Processing Nettles // Turning Stinging Nettles into Fabric

Описание: Welcome to my 2nd attempt at harvesting and beginning to process stinging nettles for their fibres! In this video, I harvest some new nettles, begin the retting process in a tank, and try out a method of removing the fibres from the nettles while they are still green. I also go on a long rant about the textile industry, so consider yourself warned. :) Oh, and I visit some barn cats! Sox the cat, from my previous video, also makes an appearance.

Stay tuned for my next video, which will share the results of the pool retting and green processing!

Here are some of the videos and articles that I've looked at so far while researching stinging nettle fabric. Many thanks to the people who put so much time into these resources; I've really been learning a lot!

Academic articles:

Viotti, C., Albrecht, K., Amaducci, S., Bardos, P., Bertheau, C., Blaudez, D., Bothe, L., Cazaux, D., Ferrarini, A., Govilas, J., Gusovius, H. J., Jeannin, T., Luehr, C., Muessig, J., Pilla, M., Placet, V., Puschenreiter, M., Tognacchini, A., Yung, L., & Chalot, M. (2022). Nettle, a long-known fiber plant with new perspectives. Materials, 15(12), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15124288

Harwood, J., & Edom, G. (2012). Nettle fibre: Its prospects, uses and problems in historical perspective. Textile History, 43(1), 107-119. https://doi.org/10.1179/174329512X13284471...

Vogl, C. R., & Hartl, A. (2003). Production and processing of organically grown fiber nettle (Urtica dioica L.) and its potential use in the natural textile industry: A review. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture, 18(3), 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1079/AJAA200242

Videos:

Michael Taylor. (2013, August 25). Make fabric from nettles [Video]. YouTube.    • Make Fabric From Nettles  

Sally Pointer. (2019, June 20). Nettle fibre processing [Video]. YouTube.    • Nettle Fibre Processing  

Sally Pointer. (2020, July 7). Prehistoric nettle textiles, scraping and splicing [Video]. YouTube.    • Prehistoric Nettle Textiles, scraping and ...  

Sally Pointer. (2021, August 5). Minimum effort stinging nettle fibre [Video]. YouTube.    • Minimum Effort Stinging Nettle Fibre  

CULTURE: Textile. (2018, January 14). Ancient threads working with green nettles [Video]. YouTube.    • ANCIENT THREADS  WORKING WITH GREEN NETTLES  

Allan Brown. (2017, July 11). Nettles for textiles [Video]. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/225183045?fbclid=IwAR0SB...