Sat, 29 Sep 2012

Ancient Scandinavian Urn Wrapped in Fabric Made of Nettles

I had no idea that nettles could be used for fiber, but it's apparently an ancient technique. Here's some stinging nettle history and here's how to process it for fiber - seems very similar to working with flax.

A textile which was wrapped around an ancient urn in Denmark, previously thought to be cultivated flax, was recently re-examined by scientists and verified as imported wild nettles.

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On 10/23/2012 19:31:29
Dave Wilson wrote

On 10/23/2012 22:34:30
Dave H wrote

Wild Stuff

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