Anyone know how to spin hemp?

[Mattpd]

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]

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...

 

[Mattpd]

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...

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.

 

[bikerj]

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.

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.

 

[bikerj]

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

 

[bikerj]

Here is one that shows hand spinning http://books.google.com/books?id=HOIbad8IQAUC&pg=PT50&lpg=PT50&dq=hand+spinning+hemp&source=web&ots=i9P5Ac1fDh&sig=Zu-I9WT4eSA1vxrS8ee6ywXwCXE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result

 

[Mattpd]

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