Spinning and Weaving with Nettle Fibre — the urban spinning fibre

The linen festival last Saturday was fantastic.  I think it was the most enjoyable Linen Festival we’ve had a Joybilee Farm…Thank you to our farm helpers, Kara and Erika, you were both a big help to make the day go smoothly…to Evelyn for coming out for the day to help with the flax breaking, scutching [...]

How to grow a shirt and other revolutionary ideas

A linen shirt that was handspun, handwoven and embroidered by a 9 year old in 1890 in Austria

Starting a revolution is overwhelming, but it helps to break it down into manageable steps.  If you follow each step and stick to the project, you can finish.  The benefit is a beautiful new wardrobe, created with your own hands and one blow to industrial agriculture, global exploitation, and the dehumanizing multinational machine.  Each project [...]

Gandhi’s secret — sustainable clothing to revolutionize your wardrobe

This cloth is sacred - Gandhi

A sustainable textile heritage: What happened? While our ancestors grew, spun and wove or knit their own clothing, today we buy it in a store or online.  Our clothing travels many miles, touches many hands and assaults the water quality and air quality of many countries world wide, during its growth, manufacture and waste.  People [...]