Hello all,

I was wondering if any of you weave with raw fibre and if so, how?

Normal weaving I get fine, but if you only have a single strand of fibre for the 'weft' then you will need to connect to the next strand at some point. Do you just twist them together? It doesn't seem super secure but I guess the weft is generally not under a lot of tension and the weave itself might keep it secure. Another approach might be to twist up a 2 ply twine from the fibre then you can splice new fibre in to continue the weft quite easily.
As for the warp strands they need to sustain more tension, in the past I've made them 2 ply twisted from fibre, I definitely wouldn't trust just twisting one fibre strand into the next one in this case.
I work with fibre a fair bit and would like to open up some more designs that aren't just balearic or apache 

weft vs warp: https://buddhajeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/warp-weft-diagram-1024-1.png

I have found an example of weaving with unspun fibre, they seem to be making mats/rugs out of it here:

https://youtu.be/Ust6Bh1D3GY

David Morningstar wrote on Mar 12^th, 2022 at 9:01am:


Yes, that's basically what I'm looking for! I guess it is possible like that then. Might have to give it a try.

Sarosh wrote on Mar 12^th, 2022 at 3:42pm:


A pouch, and yes this is my sort of plan. I think the main concern for me is what to do with the fibre ends, do you just leave them out and expect it to not unravel?