Preparing Wild-crafted Plant Fibres for Storage

Summer is a perfect time to store plant fibres ready to turn into cordage, baskets or textiles over the winter months. Today I'm out early to add to my stash and look at storing my supplies in a sensible way for future projects.
Features Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) Burdock (arctium lappa) and nettle (urtica dioica)

[hanavesela]

I wish my hair would look this Gorgeous when not brushed 🤗

[delldell]

You sound like a lovely person, these are such relaxing videos.

[Just_Sara]

This is going to be one of those videos that I purposely come back and watch in the winter, just to remember the summer. :)

[bobbyesamdahl]

At least you label things!!!lol
thank you!

[kitdubhran]

I love your hedge bothering videos. And I love that you call it hedge bothering.

I’ve got boat-loads of brambles around my property, and I’ll be happy to process them and get them cleaned up AND useful. Lovely. Can’t wait to see what we are going to do with them. We’ve spun with rose fibers before so we’re kind of tempted to see how fine we can get blackberry fibers. Any ideas/advice?

[andyg]

Great video, thanks Sally! Perfect timing - just as last year's fibres are getting muddled with this year's!

[laightnightknits]

Such a lovely video with your calm voice. I love the images of nature and your magic tidying! ☺🥰 ♥

[friedasorber]

Very nice video. I am contuing to experiment with cordage in different fibers. In one of your videos you talk about rhubarb. It works wonderfully but after a few weeks the cords are very brittle. I experienced the same with butterbur, petasites hybridus. Am I doing something wrong? In both cases I peeled the fiber layer of, gently scraped, separated in thin ribbons and let dry. Then slightly moistened to make the cordage.

[alaskabarb]

Imagining the ladies at the Bronze Age Must Farm engaging in this activity, on a similarly lovely morning long ago.🌱🌿🌾🌞🇳🇵

[finnmacky]

Your videos are so entertaining and educational.

[aliveandwell]

Will have a look at your prepping vids as tried to get some fiber from old sweet pea plants that are drying up. They seem fibrous. Yes, want to label and organize better (lots of dried stuff for scents...)

[robinmorton]

great to find ya. i'm unorganised. thank you

[Suburbanstoneage]

I'm excited to gather fibers for winter! And I think hedge bothering is a sensational term. We don't have propped hedges here, but I think that will still be ok

[magnuswootton]

the speed that wild grass grows, youd think there would be never ending hay on the ground everywhere!!!

[joy_geulon]

Wonderful here! What country you live?

[henrifischer]

if you want use one of those stored and very dry bunches of fiber, do you (partially) hydrate them first?

[Koshthan]

Thanks a lot this really helps me out alot especially in the novel im writing

[kellydolan]

In late summer getting into fall like September is it better to rett nettles a bit to make getting the fiber easier?

[sophievautour]

I need to find fibres for twining but it is winter and I find them quite brittle...I wonder if you have tricks, like soaking them in water...? Thanks!

[ateliermailart]

Hi Sally, thank you for your video. Could you write in the information section of the video the name of your plants, because I am French and I do not understand the name of them? Thank you and best regards. Have a perfect day. ☀️