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I was able to extract the fibers from the peal of bananas by first scraping the inside of the peal with a spoon, then running the round side of the spoon on the scraped part of the peal. This starts to show the fibers. I then flipped the peal over and using the tip of the spoon punched through the peal to the fibers and scraped the piece of peal i punched through down and off the fibersI. I took very small pieces of peal off at a time. I did this work on a cutting board. I have used a similar technique with pineapple leafs. I did not dry the peal at all but I think there is an optimal amount of moisture. Thanks for the video and i hope you continue to make them.

you can control the joining buy using a heat press i’ve been making sketchbook covers using this method

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the video captions decided that you're dolly parton

Really sad to see this channel die off, you should do a collab with brothers make or something at some point

They look really good! I wonder how they felt while walking for you?

how is the bottom right one made at 1:54? im just looking for interesting ways to use cellulose to create material and im just starting to learn about all of this. any tips on where i could start?

I wonder if you could use a laminator to join bags together?

Wow... I needed this channel

I've seen similar yarn made in the US out of plastic grocery bags. There was a project going to make sleeping rolls out of the plastic yarn that would then be given to the homeless. Being plastic means it wouldn't become waterlogged, would be fairly lightweight, but it would still act as a cloth and create a softer, warmer layer to sleep on than just the ground.

Would the stretchy one be good as a pot scraper? Maybe heatgun to help with melting??

I Just watched fabrics made out of banana stamps in Asia and Africa. Hopefully more people will find use of natural waste to make biodegradable products….

I loved your experiments and descriptions! I have an old knitting machine - I will try it with that!

Historically, fiber is extracted from the banana stem. It's similar to flax.

Super awesome work!! Love all of your experiments.

Nice idea

oh my goodness , please make more content. this is so fun and interesting and i really love seeing the whole process. pls , more content ,, pls

Try use washing soda, like you make paper, to purify it, break up the lignin pectin and other protein stuffs.

Hellooo, this is goooddd work , I was wondering how long do you soak it under water?

I love this project!

I wonder if you run it through the paper shredder what type of string you would get.

This is awesome! Thank you for documenting the process so well! This is a technique for making rhubarb twine: th-cam.com/video/Z34hxQsEMrM/w-d-xo.html if it gives you any ideas. Best of luck!

Liene!!!that first sole was soo cool! A pity that it was too rigid. Anyway I really enjoyed the designer you've shown us during this journey. I had so much fun watching your videos and all the experiments you've made. I think you overcame so many difficulties when working with the crips bags, and ultimately came up with a pretty comfort and refine pyjama set. I honestly love the slippers!!! I was wondering what was your ultimate goal in this project: was it to encourage people to make more of their clothes at home? To show many ways you can reuse different waste? Or maybe a mix of both? Well done:))

I think you really have succeeded in finding a tone in the video, that fits you and your project well and kept this during all your videos! That’s great! I’m happy you kept your humor even during lockdown! And you mixed your humor with seriousness when you were using your textile skills to transform the crisp packages into a fabric-like material! Although you have always pushed it a bit further, I would now be interested what would come next! Because it seems like there is nothing else that could be done as you have made a pyjama and a pair of slippers - but now it would be great if you could somehow transform the material into an even more fabric-like material or maybe shift away from the pyjama and it becomes a trend/campaign where you encourage people to make sth out of their waste or sth like Christo when he enveloped the Reichstag in Berlin - but in your case with crisp packages - so many options ;)

I really enjoy the simplicity and clarity of your project - making pyjamas out of crisp packages. Through the course of these weeks you’ve clearly been on an experimental journey, trying a variety of techniques and processes to up-cycle your used crisp packages. Although the result isn’t necessarily unexpected in terms of how it looks, you have really committed to crafting this material into something that looks finalised and well-made. However, I think that the way in which you communicated your final daytime pyjamas could have been much more playful and engaging. As this isn’t a real proposal for how we should be up cycling our packaging waste (I don’t think the material itself is suitable for home wear and the melting of plastic is a bit problematic), you could have been much more experimental and comical in the way you visualised it being used at home. Although I really enjoy the idea of you walking around in your house wearing crispyamas (sorry) I’m missing a greater consideration of how the content is filmed, how you tell the story and more ambition in the way you display/film your final work.

Liene! It’s great seeing you having fun (I hope) with your project, your crips packets and your slippers! I think slippers are a great choice as they seem to be a doable as well as fun challenge! I like your iterations and how you move forward and keep improving the material!

Hi Liene! I love how in all your videos, you show both your failed and succeeded attempts. That is a super cool way to show us how creative you've been during this process. Good job, they seem super soft and comfortable hahah

Really well done, liene. A very nice and engaging reflection. The beginning was so funny with the carrots.

Liene. This is so cool. Oh, them silver slippers! The music is really nice and your challenge is not only nice but accomplished. I hope they carry you through a relaxed summer. I sometimes think that the the top material might cause me rash but maybe it’s just the fact that it is such raw form of plastic when I usually also wear plastic footwear in the shape of sneakers. Basecap next or a bucket hat. :)

Liene - I love your slippers! The weaved material looks amazing. I admire how you took a very silly funny idea very seriously to make it real. It is even more funny with your placid face. I am impressed how experimental you have been during this project, trying out lots of various techniques of weaving, molding, etc., with determination. I guess the one thing I was less comfortable with is that it looks like you've been melting plastic, which could be an environmental concern. I wonder how this material feels, and I think the challenge if you wanted to take this project further would be to achieve softness and comfort which are expected for pyjamas.

Ehy I think you achieve a really interesting result... I honestly would like to wear those slippers... I also think that your final point is really interesting and it might be implemented in the future, who knows... Just one question, how many crisps do you ate?

Hi Liene, such a good result! I suppose that because the crisp packets contain aluminium, you could check if your wire can carry the electric current.

Great to see you using more innovative and low-tech ways to experiment with the banana skins. Check out Banantex, as they are producing tightly knitted yarns and fabrics with the same ethos (www.bananatex.info/)

I am so amazed by the tools and techniques that you have created, like taping it to your shoe!!! I think it's so interesting to see how all the different methods allowed you to manipulate the hydrated fibers. What makes you want to pick glycerol and do you think that it would actually hydrate the plant (because it is lipid/oil/hydrophobic material)?

I am impressed by your ingenuity at finding ways of processing the banana with what you have at home. You seem determined to make it work! You achieved to create a great softness with the last technique, have you tried to apply the same process on a non-weaved sample? Although the softness might come from the little surfaces intertwined, it could be an interesting path to look at by maybe separating the components of the banana and/or mixing the different processes in one single sample (like fabric/bond?). I also think that it might be difficult to limit yourself to just the banana in the span of time we have left.. maybe don't be scared to add other ingredients that we could easily find at home in your process/recipes? All these are obviously only suggestions, I might be very wrong on every level but maybe it could help you to think out of the box too! Good luck with everything, I am excited to see the final result!

Ey Liene! It's so impressive to see how you experiment in such a creative way with your crips bags :) I can see that you enjoy most when you work with that material than trying with others, so I would keep going with it! To join the strips, did you use also the heat of the iron?

Bananas seem promising for softness. I've been making lots of flapjacks lately and realised that ripe bananas are basically the binder of the recipe - so I wonder if you could use of the inner moist bit to bind the fibers or skin together by putting it together in the oven.

I admire your determination with the crisps yarn. It's impressive to see how creative you are with tools you have at home. I wonder if it would be possible to industrialise this process.

Hey Liene! You must have eaten so many bananas!! I really enjoy all the the experiments yo went though to work the banana peel into a fiber for weaving, even going to run with them!!! I agree with Nicole, your video is very engaging, and I love the way you joined the most funny and dynamic vibe, with an informative and serious side, I know you were struggling a little bit with that. Are you still planning to do the pijamas or just experimenting to weave with different materials?

Hello Liene! I really enjoy watching your videos and you keep me engaged the whole time. I like the way you explain things while you are showing the samples and the processes and I can understand your journey. I find the banana peel really promising one and I like you experiment this time with another type of home waste. Do you plan to continue with this material or you will experiment with a new one on your next video?

Hey Liene! I personally love the process you went through, the material you used and the samples you came up with. Cutting things into yarns to weave them after gives you a broad a lot of possibilities for experimentation, so I can't wait to see what you decide to use next!!! In terms of the video maybe you could find a way of communicating all your research behind in a more interactive way, so is more engaging!

Absolutely love this Liene! So much humour and personality comes through. You've found a great way to utilise the camera movements to make the video feel more personal and engaging. Also great use of text and its movements! Great choice of music too! :)

I really enjoyed this film - it made me think that in this current environment where we have limited movement & confined spaces, how this would prompt one to require clothing that merged basic human needs into pattern making and material choice.

I really like the poetic nature of this project and how something seemingly quite humourous can lead to genuine innovation and technical engineering challenges. Your videos although simple, have a quality and clarity about them, so well done. However, whilst I like your first two films, I feel that the shorts are slightly less successful as they simply attempt to replicate more conventional pattern cutting etc. As you identify in your earlier uploads, most of our textiles come from plastic in one way or another and I feel that your output should embrace new processes for both the generation of a new ‘fibre’ or textile as well as new construction techniques found in the home, for example, an iron. All things considered though, I am looking forward to seeing your journey and your final pyjamas!

there is such a humorous aspect to this first iteration. I love it.

Hi Liene. I like your ideas. I think they have a lot of potential. If you try to cut the packets into even thinner strips and also heating them up with hot air while stretching them out at the same time, these threads could come out flexible and softer.

Hahahaha you realised many people's dreams. I liked the crunching sounds at the end too. I wonder how strong the crisp packets are when sowed together, and which other household materials could be used in a similar pattern.

Nice outcome! It looks very cool. Would also love to see you mixing it up with the samples of your previous video.

It's very impressive to see all the samples you've made from crisp packaging which requires great diligence. The melting ones could be especially interesting to discover more, as you can work in wider panels and maybe even melt things inside it. Looking forward to see more of this!!

Cool, I like that you are so prolific with videos and experimentation, and I like the outcome of this one, try a coordinate top. Also, I think that fast music fits with accelerated shots. Good job!