Post #3867549
2026-07-16 12:10 UTC
Replies (4)
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@catch56@kolektiva.social 2026-07-16 12:25
@akareilly@hachyderm.io also cargo biking the nettles or later stages between places would be enjoyable. Assuming there are people who like extracting fibers/weaving/maintaining sewing machines etc. who don't like collecting stinging nettles or cycling who would also do it on the same basis.
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@akareilly@hachyderm.io 2026-07-16 12:23
@catch56@kolektiva.social Someone willing to hack a 1990s knitting machine to work with a current computer would probably end up being able to barter for a nettle fiber shirt
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@vk6flab@mastodon.radio 2026-07-16 13:15
@catch56@kolektiva.social @akareilly@hachyderm.io I'd shudder to contemplate just how many nettles would be required for a sock, let alone a shirt or pants.
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@philipbrewer@wandering.shop 2026-07-16 13:33
Speaking as someone who has planted flax, harvested it, dried it, rippled it, retted it, dried it again, broken it, scutched it, and hackled it, let me just say it's way, way too much work. (I didn't spin or weave it. My wife did that. And she found that to be too much work too.) @catch56@kolektiva.social @akareilly@hachyderm.io https://www.philipbrewer.net/2013/10/14/flax-processing/