Basically I need a metric ton of plant fiber and have no idea how to get it efficiently. I'm in a Forest Taiga if that helps. I've also built a greenhouse that can grow crops year-round.
Hello all! After seeing my Summer Secret Crop from Jessie Maed Designs, my sister asked me to knit one for her. I’d normally use superwash wool, but my sister is vegan and would prefer not wearing wool (we’ve discussed wool vs plant fiber sustainability and while she cares about environmental impact, wearing even reused wool or leather grosses her out. I’m honestly shocked that she tried my top on so we could decide on a size knowing it was wool lol).
I’ve not really worked with plant fibers before. I decided to look into linen, and my LYS stocks BC Garn Lino, which is a sport weight. I think I could work with that and I’ve heard linen is great for summer clothing. I’m open to suggestions for linen, bamboo, or a nice cotton, but reiterate that I don’t have experience with these fibers. I thought cotton might be too heavy and stretch too much, and I don’t really know anything about bamboo. I’d also love any insight into care for the different fibers. I believe my sister will do whatever she needs to to take care of the top, but the easier the care, the better!
We’re going to my LYS sometime this week to pick out yarn and will ask for their opinions/suggestions as well, but I thought I’d get a head start here! Any suggestions are appreciated! The pattern calls for fingering weight, but I believe fingering through DK has been working well for people. I haven’t really found any projects on Rav using plant fibers for this pattern yet, but I’ll keep looking.
Thanks for any help!
Whether for pants or papyrus, plant fibers have played a major role in most agricultural societies, so what do your people grow?
Adding Hemp may sound like a stoner suggestion, but it fits really nicely. This could be added as a level 2 or level 3 seed/crop, have it produce Fiber, Hemp Seed (edible) and a chance to produce 1x Oil.
High level players would have a no mess no fuss way of farming Fiber without a Dino, and players of all levels would have a low volume alternative to swimming to the ocean floor for Oil.
Going down to the bottom of the sea can be intimidating the first time, but you feel compelled because you have to have that Oil to make the Fabricator, and Jerky.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing_needle#History
Please, please, PLEASE give us a plant we can grow on farmland and make the Wool Block out of -- like cotton, flax or hemp. (Hemp may be the easiest, since apparently there are already mods out there that let you grow Cannabis sativa for other purposes.)
I want to try out some of these crop tops I'm seeing. What kind of fiber does everyone use? I'm thinking cotton. Favorite brand?
After a lengthy discussion with SandraSandraSandra, we have decided to give Dawn (more specifically, the south) a new indigenous fiber crop, kenaf. It appears there were some confusions with the native origin of kenaf, but all sources seem to point to a African origin IRL, not South Asian as originally thought. Hence, we are putting this very versatile and useful plant back where it belongs, on Dawn.
What does this mean in terms of civ development? Well first of all, the existing fibre crops available to the south of Dawn like flax are ill-suited for its wet/hot climate, while rattan and coconut coir is ill-suited for clothing and sacking. With introduction of kenaf, it is hoped that players in the region now have a more productive and cheaper alternative for textiles to cloth their lower-class demography, among other things.
To facilitate its diffusion through the continent, we have decided to assume that kenaf domestication is already a thing on the southeastern peninsula of ecoregion G, which territories are correctly claimed by the Mandar Yetanate. So /u/JToole__ , you get a free tech. So please add "Kenaf Domestication" to your nation's repertoire.
If any of you have any questions or concerns regarding this development, feel free to PM me.
The Couronne-cappe is a plant that I have been meaning to sit down and develop within my setting for a few months. I have been working on this information over the best few days, so it is still in its early stages. If you see anything that stands out as odd, or if you have any suggestions, feel free to leave them below.
My goal is to set aside the Couronne-cappe as a special plant within my setting. I want it to have a wide set of uses and produces, and I want to incorporate it into various cultural practices.
Here is an image of one of the species of the Couronne-cappe. It displays a female flower and plant of the linear leaf couronne-cappe species.
The Couronne-cappe is a genus of flowering plants that includes upwards of four known species. For this post, I will talk about the two most cultivated species: the linear leaf couronne-cappe and the elliptic leaf couronne-cappe. The plant is native to the continent of North Lyon, originating in the mountainous regions of the Armaud Monts (Armaund Mounts) in the modern Arrondissement de Bry of the Sovereignty de Leone.
Etymology
The word Couronne-cappe is from the Leone dialect. Couronne is the Leone dialect translation of "crown" and cappe is the Leone dialect translation of "cap". The plants earned their name for the shape of the female flower, which reassembles a crown of golden petals curled inward around a curved cap of white hairs.
Description and reproduction
Couronne-cappe is a dioecious flowering herb, with male and female plants. It is an annual flowering herb, producing at least one annual flower across all species. The Couronne-cappe have compound leaf structures, all species containing pinnate leaves with entire margins. Couronne-cappe plants have either linear leaves, elliptic leaves, or digitate leaves. The linear leaf couronne-cappe contains exclusively linear leaves, while the elliptic leaf couronne-cappe contains a minority linear and a majority elliptic leaves.
The Couronne-cappe plants are imperfect flowers, with male and female flowers occurring on separate plants. All species of couronne-cappe rely on wind-pollination for reproduction. That said, human intervention is possible in the reproduction process of the plants. The male flower produces a thick cluster of stigmas, all which produce abundant and fine pollen particles for the wind-pollination process. The male flower bares no petals, and instead the stigmas h
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Once upon a time, heading on down to the grocery store to fill the pantry whenever you needed to was not an option. Pioneers who traveled west in pursuit of religious freedom and a better life in the early days of U.S. settlement aimed to settle in areas where chances to buy supplies were few and far between.
This meant that they had to be self-sufficient, which required bringing along and preparing food that would last a long time, tending animals and hunting as needed, and eating what the land provided them.
While this self-imposed self-sufficiency is truly a measure of how passionate and hardworking the pioneers were, it’s also a glimpse into a future without the modern-day amenities we all enjoy in 21st-century America. If ever a situation arises that leads to the collapse of society as we know it, those pioneer foods may be more like our bread and butter (pun totally intended). Here are some foods that we’ll all have to become familiar with if doomsday happens.
Cornmeal
A favorite of Native Americans, cornmeal was often used in place of today’s more traditional wheat flour because it could be easily ground from whole corn while on the move. Bread, cakes, and pancake-like products were often made from cornmeal. It’s got the added bonus of a little sweetness that could be hard to come by in a SHTF situation.
Dried or Cured Meats
Without refrigeration, meat from large animals like cattle, pigs, deer, and so on will have to be handled differently than it is today. Smoking, salting, and drying were all techniques employed in the pioneer days to keep meat from spoiling, and they’d be a handy way to keep our families fed for the long haul if we lose access to refrigeration. While cured and dried meats are more a novelty today, you can bet they’d quickly become a staple in more trying times.
Wild Game, Especially Small Game
You don’t find a lot of people eating squirrel and wild rabbit these days. However, a squirrel or rabbit that was happened upon and harvested in pioneer times surely wouldn’t go to waste. Fresh meat was few and far between, with the bulk of protein coming from dried or cured meats, and taking large game wasn’t very practical if you were on the move as you’d likely wind up wasting much of the meat. Small game was perfect for feeding you for a day, though. That’ll be very important, especially as people are likely to take on more nomadic lifestyles post-doomsday.
This also includes fish and native shellfish. In many places,
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
