Shannon Welsh, cofounder of Fibrevolution. Fibrevolution’s mission is to bring flax and linen production back to the state of Oregon (and really the United States). We’ll talk a little today about what happened to the industry there and what challenges Shannon and Angela face trying to bring it back

Shannon (left) and Angela, Co-founders of Fibrevolution

Interview Notes:

• Fibrevolution’s website


• Primer on Flax & Linen


• Fibershed


• Flax Plant – the basis for linen


• Agronomics and Agronomy


• How Linen is Made


• Retting


• Scutching
  
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• Hackling or Combing the Flax
  
  


• Biocomposites


• How Crop Rotation can break disease cycles


• Oregon’s History of Linen Production


• Lewis & Clark’s Flax Encounter?


• Flax Tow – You can buy some to spin from the Woolery!


• Kudzu fiber?? Using an invasive species as a sustainable fiber sounds AWESOME.


• Nettle Fiber


• Why is cotton unsustainable?


• Good, Fast, Cheap – Pick 2
  
  


• Fibrevolution on Instagram


• Fibrevolution on Facebook

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I’ll return for the last time in Season 2 with a conversation with Jessica Marquez, author of Make and Mend: Sashiko-Inspired Embroidery Projects to Customize and Repair Textiles and Decorate Your Home

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