Milkweed fiber

Milkweed down for insulation and tinder Milkweed ( Asclepias syriaca and related species) is a very versatile plant, its leaves acting as ...

Lots of things happened in 2016 -- not least that I built my first backstrap loom.

After the season's bees and butterflies have gone, why not transform those dried-up milkweed stalks into handmade paper? Here's how to make some.

I was told you could spin milkweed fluff so since I have milkweed in my yard and we are tarring out out yard currently I thought I would collect the fluff and give it a go. The milkweed in my yard is not an accident. My grandmother vova sent me seeds, my older sister sent me seed, and my middle daughter collected seeds. Thus three spots in my yard had plants each from a different person. My children and I collected the seed pods Saturday and removed the seeds from the fluff pretty simple…

Some farmers have found the wonderful (and profitable) insulating properties of milkweed.

Milkweed fiber is a vegetable seed fiber. It is obtained from the seed’s milkweed plants. The plantis a native perennial in North America.

Here is the milkweed floss and the uncarded cotton next to the quill on the t-frame

I love learning a new handcraft, especially one that is reminiscent of ages past such as the time when all cloth was made from fibers extracted by hand from animal or plant.

11.8 grams--

11.8 grams--