Viva Frida Churro Agave Tops

 Viva Frida Churro Agave Tops

A wonderful blend with cactus fibres inspired by Frida Kahlo and I see you thinking :”What? Are you crazy? I’m not wearing cactus!”, think again! Agave, like hemp or flax, is a bast fibre and it is a beautiful fibre to spin, knit and weave with.

Preparing the plant into spinable fibre It takes a lot of effort: the plant after harvesting needs to be retted (=using moisture and bacteria to dissolve the tissues surrounding the fibres), drying, crushing and beating. Agave cactus fibres have strength, lustre, durability and moisture absorbency; it gets softer with wear; it dries faster than cotton, is a great conductor of heat and has a cooling effect.  This blend is an excellent base for socks or anything from jumpers to bags. Anything goes!

Fibre Top Roving details

Weight per top: 100g / 3.52oz

Contents: Navajo Churro Sheep 70%, Agave Cactus Fibres 20%, Cashmere 5%, Angora Bunny 5%.

Here are more thoughts behinds the inspiration and some insights on agave cactus in the IxCHeL blog.

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