Collection of information about using stinging nettles as spinning fiber for making yarn.
I’ve found several different methods of processing which I’ll outline here asap, you are welcome to share other methods in the comments here or in the relevant blog posts as they appear. As well as your results of course, preferably with a link to your own website/blog/Flickr whatever.
Last updated August 14th 2017
Nettle-along participants
Uglemor – Uglemor’s nettle posts
Pia’s blogposts
List of posts with the tag “nettles”
Books (which I haven’t read yet)
Bernard Bertrand “Les Secrets de l’Ortie”
Gillian Edom “From Sting to Spin”
Birte Ford “Nettle Craft”
John-Paul Flintoff “Through the eye of a needle”
Piers Warren “101 Uses for Stinging Nettles”
Nælder og Nældetøj af Margrethe Hald – I’ll be making a summary of this one – very interesting
Websites
http://www.wildfibres.co.uk/html/nettle_hemp.html
http://www.swicofil.com/products/016nettle.html
Articles, new and (very) old
Väv magasinet 2/16
Om_Brændenældens_Anvendelse_i_Tekstilindustrien_-_Hannover__H._I.
Production and processing of organically grown fiber nettle
Plant fiber processing in the past
FIBRA – Fibre Crops as sustainable source of biobased material
Videos
Commercial nettle yarns
https://www.weaversbazaar.com/product-list/nettle-yarns
http://www.darngoodyarn.com/yarn/by-fiber/nettle/
Onion.dk (på dansk)
http://www.feltandcrafts.com/yarns-fibers-nettle-yarn-c-9_13.html#.V2KqB6K_NPU
http://www.shopattransrural.org/buy-himalayan-nettle-yarn.php