Anyone know how to spin hemp?

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Mattpd

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• Feb 1, 2009

• #1

Anyone know how to spin hemp thread or know where I could find out how? I assume you dry out the stalk and comb out the threads but there has to be more to it than that.

 

CDN Kid

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• Feb 1, 2009

• #2

no but i'd be interested to find out, that'd be somethin fun to do with the stems.

maybe google knows...we should ask it...

 

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Mattpd

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• Feb 1, 2009

• #3

CDN Kid said:

no but i'd be interested to find out, that'd be somethin fun to do with the stems.

maybe google knows...we should ask it...

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This is one thing Google knows little about. I have tried, all I know is that it is usually done by machine. But there must be a way to do it by hand, hemp rope has been around forever. I just need ideas for a comb to separate all the fibers.

 

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bikerj

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• Feb 2, 2009

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Mattpd said:

This is one thing Google knows little about. I have tried, all I know is that it is usually done by machine. But there must be a way to do it by hand, hemp rope has been around forever. I just need ideas for a comb to separate all the fibers.

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is suposed to be simaler to flax try this http://www.joyofhandspinning.com/flax.shtml I also red somewhere that boiling removes all unwanted plant materal and seperates fibers.

 

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bikerj

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• Feb 2, 2009

• #5

Here is a nother that says that hemp is prepaired just like linnen http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/fiber_arts/29421 Try handspinning linnen to

 

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bikerj

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• Feb 2, 2009

• #6

Here is one that shows hand spinning http://books.google.com/books?id=HO...&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result

 

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Mattpd

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• Feb 3, 2009

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Cool. Looks like the first step is going to be rotting the stalks in a bucket of water for a few weeks.