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Y'all, I met an indigo dyer today¹, and I just so happened to have some yucca fibre with me, and they just so happened to be kind enough to dip the fibres twice in an indigo bath, and THEY TURNED OUT SO BEAUTIFUL!
It's like mermaid hair! And I hand twisted a little thread with it, and I love it!!
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¹ I promised not to reveal they let me dye my fibre, so I'm asking right now if I can share their deets here on the fediverse.
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Oh gosh, I've been hand-twisting the yucca fibres while on my train trip, and they are *lovely* to work with. Soft, clean, and pliable.
Clean in particular is a lovely experience. I work with a lot of raw fibres that still have some vegetative matter attached, a lot of which comes away with the twisting process. These yucca result in much less dust, and a much more pliable cord. ❤️
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After a summer's afternoon drying, I took down the fibres and spent maybe five or ten minutes manually working them to break up the remaining chaff, as well as a few strokes with the cat brush on the base to open things up a yet.
This isn't yet their final form, but it's getting close to it. A solid brushing session and they'll be ready!
I'm really glad how these turned out, especially since I put in way less effort at the start of the process.
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The fibres still need just a little more time to finish drying¹, but a little test carding is looking extremely promising! #NeolithicTech #fibre
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¹ The ends are still wet, which causes my carding paddles to catch, and also the chaff we want to remove doesn't flake off nicely unless it's really dry. That's why the bottom end of the fibres are whiter and cleaner than the top. They should be consistently white once they're fully processed.
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It's a few days later. The retting bath doesn't smell much any more, although the flies are all over it so maybe I've just become used to the smell.
The yucca leaves have been removed and given a good scrape. My scapula kept snapping, so I had to switch to a stone tool (not shown) part way through.
The scraped fibres are then rinsed, and hung out on the line to dry. Then we'll scrape, comb, and wash them some more.
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Two weeks later, and this second batch of yucca leaves definitely *smells* ripe, but the leaves aren't *quite* there yet.
I've taken them out, scraped them all with a rock, rinsed them many times until the water ran almost clear, and put them back in to soak for a few more days.
Honestly with a bit more labour I could get fibres from them, but I'm lazy, and after this scrape the flesh should soften up pretty quick.
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Garden waste to fibre, round two, let's go!!!
Today we're using yucca from green waste, an axe, and a tub.
I've chopped off the ends of the yucca, and pounded them with the back of the axe to bruise them.
They're now soaking for a week so microbial action can eat away the pulp and loosen the fibres.
There's no detergent here. Yucca contains natural saponins that can be used like soap.
Previous thread is here: https://cloudisland.nz/@pjf/113529177215175664
and here: https://cloudisland.nz/@pjf/113535353936853749
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Here's a yucca before and after picture for fibre extraction.
First shot is public domain courtesy Moriori¹, but is identical to the plant I harvested my leaves from.
Second is today after finishing the process.
Fun fact: Sisal is a species related to yucca, grown specifically for its fibres, and was heavily used for rope-making!
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yucca_filamentosa.jpg
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And here's the final yucca fibre!
First pic is dried but not brushed. It's got lots of cruft and stuck fibres.
The second and third are after using my cat's brush. You can see the ones that brushed out in the background, but the ones that didn't are soft and luxurious.
There's still some dried matter to work out at the ends, but otherwise they're ready to be spun/woven/plied.
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CW: Photos of decaying vegetable matter and bones to extract fibre
An unexpected part of using a scapula to scrape the fibres is that I had to stop to sharpen my bone a few times.
I'm the end I'm very happy with the result. I'm going to give these a wash and dry to halt the decomposition process.
After that I'll comb/heckle it, and then see how it's looking!
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CW: Photos of decaying vegetable matter and bones to extract fibre
I've taken out the most smooshy yucca leaf from the retting pool, and I've given it a good scrape with my scraper (a sheep scapula, a traditional scraping tool).
It feels like I'm doing this at the right time! The fibres are coming out clean, but not breaking. I might do the rest of the leaves.
The top and bottom of the leaf are intact to keep the fibres together for now.
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CW: Photos of decaying vegetable matter to extract fibre
For those curious about retting to separate fibres from the rest of the pounded yucca, here are some pictures after a few more days, some agitation, and a couple of changes of water.
The idea is to get decomposers in the water to soften the flesh of the leaves (which is relatively easy to break down) but not the fibres (which are much tougher).
The next step after this is scraping and cleaning the fibres.
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I'm retting (soaking) some pounded yucca leaves for fibre. I don't think I'd previously appreciated just how high the saponin content in these are!
Saponins are fat and water soluble molecules which plants produce to deter predators. Like modern detergents, they foam in water, can remove grease and stains, and taste really bad.
Fish are very sensitive to saponins, and they've been traditionally used to stun/kill fish, which can then be collected as they float to the surface.
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OMG. Today I both discovered that @butserancientfarm is on Mastodon, *and* they boosted one of my baskets!!
Butser Ancient Farm is going to be the first place I go if I ever make it back to the UK. I keep watching videos of the work they're doing there, and people I admire hosting workshops, so having them boost anything of mine feels very, very special. ❤️
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It's been a few months with the cedar bast out in the weather, partially with the hope that the resin might come out, and partially because I forgot about it. 😅
The resin has formed little globs, so it's still *very* sticky to work with, but the resulting fibres genuinely feel super strong, and make some very nice feeling cordage.
I feel if I wanted some strong, weatherproof, and somewhat sticky rope, this cedar bast feels like it would make a great choice.
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Me: "Oh yeah, I won't have to bring any fibres with me. I can collect raw plant fibres anywhere."
The beautiful frozen urban landscape I'm now in: "Lol"
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After almost a month of retting in the plastic pond, the inner fibres from my cedar bark has (mostly) loosened.
Some feel like they've retted a bit too long, others not long enough, but I've stripped them out and will now let them dry for a bit while I travel. After that I think I'll pound and separate?
There's still a ton of resin when handling them, but I discovered that dissolves nicely in vegetable oil, so I don't have sticky hands for a week now.
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More adventures with Aotearoa New Zealand Flax. Here's a leaf I've partially pounded, washed, and dried, so you can see the fibres.
This seems to be a different species to what I was working with previously, the leaves are larger and the fibres more coarse, so I think this might be the mountain flax I've been hearing about.
Not as nice to work with as the other leaves I've been processing green, hence the pounding and washing. Would make for excellent basketry, though.
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Here's a couple of weeks of idle hand-twisted cordage. Two-ply twist using Aotearoa New Zealand flax¹.
Axe for scale.
#fibre #NeolithicTech #cordage
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After a couple of days, the water is brown and actually smells... kinda nice! But I really enjoy the smell of cedar, so that makes sense.
There are tiny droplets of oil on the surface, which gives me hope that the processed bast fibres might not be *too* sticky.
Fibres aren't ready to release yet, so I've changed the water and will check back in a few days.
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Retting is a relatively long process, so I'll pause the thread here and we'll catch up in a few days (or later!) to see how things are coming along.
In the meantime, here's the fabulous @sallypointer 's lime bast harvest video from 2022, which shows the process much better than I ever could:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=x-oVz8OZCJ4
And here's the result! Fingers crossed I get anything near this good:
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A proposito di #ClaudioLolli, sto scoprendo adesso chi era il cantante di quella audiocassetta registrata in cui qualcuno si era dimenticato di segnare COSA CI FOSSE SOPRA e che io identificavo come un incrocio tra #FabrizioDeAndré e #PaoloConte
(Per i curiosi: l'album in questione era #UnUomoInCrisi)
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#linux #amd #hdmi #graphics #hdmiforum #hdmi21 #gaming
I have been camping on this thread for a while hoping for good news. The HDMI consortia is deliberately preventing Open Source implementations of FRL codes required for High Frame Rate/Refresh and Resolution combinations.
Use Displayport. And write to HDMI Consortia in the meantime.
Full Bug: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/1417#note_2215371
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Monster #shelfcloud in #Transylvania, Romania by Robby. Taken on July 31, 2023 ⚡ Follow @xWxClub for more #storm photos from around the world
#clouds #cloudlovers #onfire_skies #fever_skies #igworldclub_sky #thunderstorms #stormclouds #landscape #stormyweather #cloudscape #beautifulskies #NatureBeauty #PhotographyIsArt #photooftheday #photographylovers #forceofnature #atmosphere #raw_allnature #wanderlust #rsa_rural #mothernature #stormlovers #bestnatureshots #agameoftones #instanature
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CW: John Varley Spoiler Alert
My beloved is #ReadingAloud the #JohnVarley novel #RollingThunder to me. It's a favourite past time where I get read to while I prepare meals. We've just gotten to the part where the protagonist has made #ElectronicMusic played against the sped up synchronous tone sequences made by some curious artefacts.
Friends, I think this may be a reference to a form of proto #BonkWave or #NotBonkWave as it sounds very much like what happens when I hear #Benjolin and #TuringMachine sequences and try to harmonise with it. It could also be #SpaceJazz.
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CW: John Varley Spoiler Alert
My beloved is #ReadingAloud the #JohnVarley novel #RollingThunder to me. It's a favourite past time where I get read to while I prepare meals. We've just gotten to the part where the protagonist has made #ElectronicMusic played against the sped up synchronous tone sequences made by some curious artefacts.
Friends, I think this may be a reference to a form of proto #BonkWave or #NotBonkWave as it sounds very much like what happens when I hear #Benjolin and #TuringMachine sequences and try to harmonise with it. It could also be #SpaceJazz.
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CW: John Varley Spoiler Alert
My beloved is #ReadingAloud the #JohnVarley novel #RollingThunder to me. It's a favourite past time where I get read to while I prepare meals. We've just gotten to the part where the protagonist has made #ElectronicMusic played against the sped up synchronous tone sequences made by some curious artefacts.
Friends, I think this may be a reference to a form of proto #BonkWave or #NotBonkWave as it sounds very much like what happens when I hear #Benjolin and #TuringMachine sequences and try to harmonise with it. It could also be #SpaceJazz.
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CW: John Varley Spoiler Alert
My beloved is #ReadingAloud the #JohnVarley novel #RollingThunder to me. It's a favourite past time where I get read to while I prepare meals. We've just gotten to the part where the protagonist has made #ElectronicMusic played against the sped up synchronous tone sequences made by some curious artefacts.
Friends, I think this may be a reference to a form of proto #BonkWave or #NotBonkWave as it sounds very much like what happens when I hear #Benjolin and #TuringMachine sequences and try to harmonise with it. It could also be #SpaceJazz.
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Holy shit, this is close #FIBAWC #Boomers #TallBlacks