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You could probably save the leaves for soup or wine if you've got the gear and the time to make use.

I wonder if you could just harvest the leftover stalks in autumn after flowering?

Great vid, I'm about to go wage war on the nettles taking over my garden and wanted to do something with them, now I know what!

Here in Washington state USA my native ancestors would lay the nettles in a creek, weigh them down with rocks, and leave them there for about a week to ret before processing.

Watching “The Wild Swans” brought me here!

This is the most amazing "How To" video I have watched in a very long time! I knew ancient man used nettles for fishing nets and cordage but had no idea they made clothing. Thank you!

I've been trying to find the right method for the last couple weeks. I'm going to try wet retting next and if that doesn't work I will try dry retting

this is amazing

What a beautiful video, thank you for taking the time and love.

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there is an article on the national institute of health on historical nettle fiber production, and acording to that article the method of nettle fiber production was very similar to hemp fibers, and funny how you stated the nettle ridges beeing weakpoints since theres a crude illustration showing gears used. with some time and lumber, could make handcranked double action gears with spacing enough for the seasons length to keep the fibers intact at the joints when using the contraption, just an idea.

This was such a great intro to the process! I am planning on adding nettles to my garden for medicinal and edible benefit, so I was so excited to learn that they can be used for fibres as well! Can’t wait to play with the process!

I'm wondering, does somebody know how many square meters of nettles you would need for a meter of yarn or a m² woven fabric? Thaks for the help :-)

You've probably already looked into it but maybe the traditional way to make linen is similar

Are there other plants that also aren't killed to get their fiber? From my understanding both hemp and flax are killed even before they have a chance to reproduce.

Thank you for this! Nettles are so useful! Love your dog, too, BTW.

this is gold right here th-cam.com/video/DQ3ubWmfW_U/w-d-xo.html Have you tried other fibers? I live in southern appalachia and have been playing with poplar bark and got some very interesting results with a very long retting. Also in the lab is mulberry. I'm not sure if either of these are familiar to you but am always curious what endeavors others have been up to with different fibers from different plants!

Thank you very much for this nice video! I just started weaving a few month ago and I have a forest of nettles in my garden. Now I know, what to do with all those nettles! Thank you!

Beautiful work. Very inspiring to see what can be done with natural fibers.

Thank you! This is an excellent video. I have nettles in abundance. I use the seeds for a boost, the leaves for crisps, and now I can try using the stems to make fibre and cloth 😄

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Thank you so much , very helpful

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Since you are not retting them in water, how about peeling the fibers off when nettles are still wet and retting just the outer layer?

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Fascinating

Such useful information! Thank you. Going to try it. BTW - love your dog. :)

Pangaia and Banana republic have selvedge jeans that use this material

Do you spin the long fibers with the tow?

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I am not as far as you but something funny happen to a few stems i left outside. Sails started to clean My fibers. Took all the green off also some of the clue. They made fibers for me. I wanna se If i can make them do it again.

Beautiful Thanks

I am a great fan of old craft and knowledge,, using everyday plants to make stuff, string and baskets etc...

Wow! This is so nice to know, thank you!

Thank you, especially for the variety of samples at the end. There's a lot (relatively) about cordage but very little info about making cloth from wild-harvested plants.

Having stripped fresh nettles you can process them without retting by just scraping on a board with a dull edge, like a butter knife, gently on both sides. Dry them. Then rub as you do. The dryer scraped nettles can be stored will your ready to rub and use.

Best fibre develops after flowers appear (green tassels)

Didn't u say there was mold on those? Don't put it in ur mouth!! I already have the vomity hopity and I still don't know from where 🤢 awesome video - we got so many so I thought of giving it a go 👍🏼👍🏼

I harvested nettles for eating and was wondering what to do with the stems. I'll try it.

Thank you for the very interesting video. I like to see all those work and I hope, I can do this once too.

I so wish I had some nettles to try this. I am so fascinated Thank you Muffy from Oz (Australia)

There was no wasted second in this video, i really liked it!

Fantastic... Thank you very much for this video! Salutations from Norway 🇳🇴 💕

have you tried harvesting last year's nettle stems when the winter has dessicated them to nothing? I do that with milkweed plants here in America. the same basic process is viable for milkweed and its relative dogbane. dogbane produces an auburn color and milkweed produces a silvery one. a nearby park with a TON of milkweed produced a whole 1 gallon ziploc bag of fiber. mind you I can stuff more in. Just today I learned the name for this type of fiber, bast fiber is any fiber from the inner stems of a plant, the phloem layer.

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Very good task sir.please give your numbe n join me too in this great work

Thank you very much for sharing your knolodge!!! It is ibdeed a very good video

Very inspiring. Thanks

Really enjoyed your lesson. I have so many nettles in my garden that I wanted to try this. Must have patience. Thank you