[Regia-NA] Re: good linen prices?

[Robert Kenyon]

We've got a stinging nettle called "Dutchman's britches" here in VT that
usually grows near Jewelweed - the juice of which takes the nettle's sting
away.  It's also good for skeeter bites, bee stings and poison ivy.  And the
seed pods are fun to play with 'cause they explode like little seed frag
grenades.

I got some nettle-cloth (blend) swatches from www.handsofthehills.com a few
months ago.  I asked about percentages of the blend so the proprietor
checked and said the Nepali weavers didn't keep track of percentages...  She
was friendly enough and seemed sincere.

Wulfric

> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 10:40:51 +0100
> From: "Hazel Uzzell" <gythe at snrd.freeserve.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Re: [Regia-NA] good linen prices?
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> > Ah - but you have to spit on it (the dock leaf) first...  My Gran said
> > dock
> > leaves always grow by nettles, but I don't think they do any more.
> >
> We have loads of nettles and docks co-habiting in the woods behind our
> house. We always squeeze the dock juice onto the nettle sting. It works
> well. :-)
> Hazel
>