Monthly Guild Meeting – Nettle Talk – BeeKay Makes

A talk exploring the history and future of nettle and flax as sustainable local fibers, featuring a demonstration.

Brigitte discusses textile history, focusing on how fibers from local plants like nettles and flax can be transformed into cloth. The talk explores the history and future of nettle fibre as a sustainable local material. It is illustrated with a slideshow, woven nettle samples, and a short nettle fibre extraction demonstration.