Article Info
- Article Title
- Finishing for Plant Fibers
- Issue date
- Autumn 2025
- Issue number
- 50
- Issue topic
- Plants
- Description
This article experiments with different methods of finishing yarns spun from plant fibers (cotton, flax, hemp, nettle). Initial finishing methods include thwacking, steaming, and boiling. The author then set up further experiments using baking powder, baking soda, fiber wash, and homemade detergent.
- Article topic list
- plant fibers, cotton, bast, flax, hemp, experimenting, finishing, nettle
