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06/04/2025

The Pembina Fibreshed is looking for more involvement in the planning, organizing and projects for the coming years.

“What’s Next for the Pembina Fibreshed?”

Date: Sunday, June 29
Time: 3pm-4pm

Join us for an afternoon gathering to discuss future projects and plans for the Pembina Fibreshed.

We are looking for dedicated community members who want to work together to promote sustainable textiles in our fibreshed.

Skills are not required - just a volunteer commitment and an eagerness to get involved.

Please RSVP and Winnipeg location will be emailed. [email protected]

If you cannot attend, but would still like to be involved please email us so we can stay connected.

05/30/2025

Head to Carberry Manitoba on June 7 to stock up on local fleeces!

05/12/2025

It was such a fantastic day at yesterday - demonstrating our flax to linen process and launching our Flax to Linen book!

You can buy the book on our website and have it shipped or local Winnipeg pick up.

We have a few bags of flax seed leftover - enough to plant your very own 4x4’ plot this summer.

The bags are $10 each and come with a link to our on-line growing guide.

DM us for more details.

05/08/2025

Flax to Linen Book is here!🌿

Join us as we welcome this book into the world and become inspired to grow flax and process it into clothing.

Saturday, May 10
10am - 2pm
St Norbert Farmers Market

We will have the book available for sale and for pick up for those that pre-ordered.

Flax processing demonstrations from 11am - 1pm

Buy a small package of flax seeds to grow your own this summer!

Support our local textile economy!

04/27/2025

Beautiful work by in creating this nettle top!

We love seeing all the finished items from this years One Year One Outfit project. Please tag us so we can share your work too!

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Over the past year, I worked through the steps to turn stinging nettle into a wearable garment.

This shirt is 100% locally made with stinging nettle and flax.

The materials were sown, grown and harvested last summer. The stocks were retted, dryed and processed in the fall. The fibre was extracted, spun and scoured in the winter. The yarn was prepped, woven and sewn in this spring.

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03/07/2025

In a world where craft traditions are shared, explored, and used as inspiration, it is essential to recognize the origins of these skills and honour the cultures from which they come.

Cultural appropriation occurs when artistic and craft practices are taken without understanding or respecting their significance, often stripping them of their cultural and historical context.

Being in relationship with the land and harvesting from it is an integral part of Indigenous life. Jennifer will talk about harvesting, the histories of colonization and how that has affected harvesting practices, and how that relates to current day land based knowledge.

Tuesday, March 25th
7pm CST

This is a FREE online event - but we recommend a donation. Registration is required to access the zoom link.

Register online - https://www.pembinafibreshed.com/workshops-and-products/speaker-series-cultural-appropriation

03/04/2025

In 2020 the Pembina Fibreshed launched its first Flax to Linen project. The goal was to grow fibre flax varieties in small community plots throughout the region to explore the viability of growing flax and processing linen locally.

Shannon Bahuaud participated, and documented the project as part of her masters thesis. The result of this documentation is this beautiful book.

Part reflection from the various community participants, and part instruction for small-scale flax production, the book highlights the hopes and challenges of creating a local fibre economy.

Pre-order your copy of this book today!
https://www.pembinafibreshed.com/workshops-and-products/flax-to-linen-book-pre-order

02/06/2025

We have 5 more spots in our nettle processing workshop this coming Saturday win Winnipeg.

Grab your spot and learn how to process these and other backyard fibres!

https://www.pembinafibreshed.com/new-blog/2025/1/13/processing-nettle-amp-other-foraged-fibre-workshop

01/27/2025

Join us at the this coming

Saturday, February 1
11am 1pm

For a hands-on demonstration of transforming flax into linen.

Our team will be demonstrating how to break, scutch, hackle and spin flax that was grown in Manitoba into linen yarn for our clothing.

If you have grown and retted flax through our ‘flax to linen’ project we encourage you to bring your flax and try your hand at processing it.

01/26/2025

Have you renewed your supporter membership for 2025?

For as low as $5/year you can be a part of creating a vibrant fibre economy in Manitoba.

Check out the link to sign up for membership today!
https://www.pembinafibreshed.com/membership

01/14/2025

We are pleased to announce a new workshop on processing nettle and other backyard fibres with

Join us on Saturday, February 8th for a hands on workshop where you will Learn the techniques to process stinging nettle and other foraged fibre into spinable fibre.

In this workshop you will be introduced to the skills needed to process locally sourced bast fibres foraged from nature. Together we will discuss and practice the steps in processing stinging nettle, dogbane, milkweed, fireweed as well as flax and turning it into usable fibre for spinning or other fibre crafts.

Check out details here: https://www.pembinafibreshed.com/new-blog/2025/1/13/processing-nettle-amp-other-foraged-fibre-workshop
Limited spots so sign up soon!

12/01/2024

Today is the day! Tickets will be available at the door!

The Nettle Dress film
Sunday, December 1st
7pm
Riverview Community Centre

Tickets will be available online and at the door!

TEXTILE ARTIST ALLAN BROWN SPENDS SEVEN YEARS MAKING A DRESS BY HAND
JUST FROM THE FIBRE OF LOCALLY FORAGED STINGING NETTLES.

THIS IS ‘HEDGEROW COUTURE’, THE GREENEST OF SLOW FASHION AND ALSO HIS MEDICINE.
IT’S HOW HE SURVIVES THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE AND FINDS A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO HONOUR HER.

A MODERN-DAY FAIRYTALE AND HYMN TO THE HEALING POWER OF NATURE AND SLOW CRAFT.

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Winnipeg, MB

Telephone

204-3819130

Website

http://www.pembinafibreshed.com/

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