Spinning Hemp with a Distaff

0:00 How to spin a hemp strick with a distaff 0:30 Open up strick and attach to distaff 1:10 Draw out a long line of hemp from distaff and spin 1:20 Dampen hemp with water while spinning 2:00 Attach a new length of hemp fibre and spin 3:10 Remove short bits of hemp fibre while… Continue reading Spinning Hemp with a Distaff

Processing Hemp Fibers – Combing Spinning

Traditional textile artisan Vladimir Andrei from Bârlad, Vaslui County, Romania, demonstrates old methods of manually processing hemp fibers at home: combing hemp fibers by use of heckles, dressing the distaff and spinning hemp the traditional way. If you haven’t heard his story, you will be surprised to know that this young man does everything manually:… Continue reading Processing Hemp Fibers – Combing Spinning

New Cannabis Trimming Technology Trims 20 pounds of Hemp in 20 min Root Origins

In this video we follow Baylee Sweet the CEO of Harvest Helper out to Roseburg, Oregon to meet up with Eric Pike Founder Root Origins who are a producer and processor of hemp flower. They will be running a demo on a popular new piece of cannabis and hemp trimming equipment the Twister Batch one,… Continue reading New Cannabis Trimming Technology Trims 20 pounds of Hemp in 20 min Root Origins