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URL:https://www.auntysocial.co.uk/events/kilgrimol-heritage-crafts-bast-fi
 bers/
SUMMARY:Processing Nettle Fibres for Textiles with Kilgrimol Heritage Craft
 s
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nCome and join local Living History enthusiast Heather as 
 she brings to life crafts from the Northwest's Heritage. Demonstrating the
  slowly vanishing skills that went into producing our clothing using natur
 al materials.\nProcessing your own nettle fibre\nStatus: Endangered\n\nHea
 ther has saved the best til last\, her favourite sustainable fibre made fr
 om Nettles.\n\nAt this session\, we’ll learn about nettle processing and
  learn how to spin cord for the garden from the raw materials..\n\nLove th
 em or hate them\, the Nettle has had a major influence in the textile indu
 stry in the UK. Prized for its fibers from cordage to beautiful weaves\, t
 he nettle was processed for textiles as early as 3000BCE. Its popularity d
 eclined following World War II\, but this weed is now proving increasingly
  popular in the sustainable textile market/ You may even have items from i
 ts cousin with ‘no sting’\, Ramie.\n\nThe Nettle has a history with ou
 r North West culture\, where the local environment was not as suitable for
  Flax growing as the climate of the south.\n\nAs Victor Hugo once said “
 When the nettle is young\, the leaves make excellent greens\; when it grow
 s old it has filaments and fibers like hemp and flax. Cloth made from the 
 nettle is as good as that made from hemp.”\n\n\n\nbook here\n\n\n\nInspi
 red by Heritage Crafts Red List\, we’re focusing on endangered crafts. T
 o see the full list of crafts please visit our website\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n
 \n\nACCESS &amp\; VENUE\nAccess: If you have additional access needs (e.g.
  large print\, BSL interpreter\, level access) Please let us know by email
 ing or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790‬\n\nThese
  sessions are in our upstairs workshop space. There is currently no level 
 access. It’s a single flight of 14 steps then you go around the corner a
 nd there are two small steps. Once you’re upstairs there’s a loo. You 
 shouldn’t need to come downstairs for anything until the end of the even
 t.\n\nIf you can’t manage the stairs but really want to attend\, please 
 let us know by emailing (using the contact organiser button/link) or sendi
 ng us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790 and will try our best t
 o accommodate.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nGetting here\n\n 	Tram to North Pier\n 	Bus:\
 n 	No 6 or 18 bus to Topping St.\n 	No 3\, 3a\, 5c\, 6\, 18 to Church St (
 Stanley Buildings)\n 	No 5\, 5a\, 5b\, 6\, 7a\, 14 to Talbot Rd\n 	Driving
 : The closest pay and display car parks are on East Topping St and Talbot 
 Road multi storey. There is also parking at the nearby Sainsbury’s super
 market\, please make sure that you check the terms before you use the car 
 park.\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Groups,Workshops
LOCATION:Aunty Social\, 28 Topping St\, Blackpool\, Lancashire\, FY1 3AQ\, 
 United Kingdom
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