#the fiber mill

[samimarkart]

Follow The Leader (Ant Spiral)

block printed denim, cotton batting, thread, and gifted fabric backing

thinking about natural phenomena, repetition from a single block carving, adaptive and maladaptive behaviors, and dreams from years back where my blankets turned into swarms of insects

[crime-wives]

no one is doing it like regina mills. she’s a murderer. she’s a loving mother. she’s an evil queen. she’s the mayor of a small town in maine. she’s in love with her son’s other mother. she has so many mommy issues. she craves love but has no idea how to receive or reciprocate it. she has magic. she’s a bisexual bitch. her response to the slightest provocation is a fireball. she rips out hearts. she’s the definition of gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss. she’s hell bent on revenge. she’s lonely and sad and feels too much all at once. she’s everything to me.

[ezekiellsplayground]

Some miscellaneous handspun skeins, completed either on spindles or my e-spinner (electric wheel). The alpaca & alpaca/polwarth skeins are destined to be entered into the Royal 2025 under the spindle spun & lace weight categories respectively. Some of the other skeins are destined as gifts to crafting family & friends.

Miwak was made by #wormsandbones, design by #mokobuns

[bwwhitney]

[yeetbean]

spent some time drawing :3 ive had this idea in my head that in the game i will one day make™ theres a bar on the beach shaped like a giant lobster (the bar is inside the lobster, with barstools in the sand outside) and now it exists outside my head! woohoo! sketch drawn!

its very important for you to know that its made of metal and the head used to move and its now defunct and unsafe, and the only way to enter is under the tail which is super heavy and unwieldy. tourists love it though so they cant just close it down.

also its now not a lobster! its a mantis shrimp! tourists still call it the lobster much to the ire of some nerd. its punch could totally kill someone which is part of why its defunct! anyways im totally in love w this design and with pixel art and just. making art in general! woohoo! win for riley! did art!

[mischief-tea]

I may habv made. a mistake

[subtextsays]

Wool is one of those things where the raw product is comparatively cheap. Processing wool to yarn, however, takes specialized equipment that is just plain rare in a lot of places. In the US there are small mills that cater to small farms/individuals, but the backlog is generally 6+ mos out; and one of the best known ones (Zeilinger) just shut down after 100+ years of business.

Australia, New Zealand, and China are the big wool producers and processors atm. Shipping is an issue, especially with raw wool, because unwanted lanolin/dirt makes up a decent percentage of total weight. The wool that's desirable for commercial use has to meet certain specifications too, color and micron count particularly, and be available in large quantities.

So there's farmers in some areas where the processing capacity just isn't there, who probably can't sell their fleeces for enough to cover shearing costs. And for a lot of applications there are cheaper synthetic fibers.

(All this reminds me of the massive roll of wool tweed I bought in an antique store of all places. I was planning to overdye it and make small things, but I could do that with suit remnants just as easily. Maybe I should sell the tweed by the yard.)

[reasonsforhope]

"Businesses like to talk about the concept of a closed loop or circular economy, but often they’re trying to close small loops. Releaf Paper takes dead leaves from city trees and turns them into paper for bags, office supplies, and more—which is to say they are striving to close one heck of a big loop.

How big? Six billion trees are cut down every year for paper products according to the WWF, producing everything from toilet paper to Amazon boxes to the latest best-selling novels. Meanwhile, the average city produces 8,000 metric tons of leaves every year which clog gutters and sewers, and have to be collected, composted, burned, or dumped in landfills.

In other words, huge supply and huge demand, but Releaf Paper is making cracking progress. They already produce 3 million paper carrier bags per year from 5,000 metric tons of leaves from their headquarters in Paris.

Joining forces with landscapers in sites across Europe, thousands of tonnes of leaves arrive at their facility where a low-water, zero-sulfur/chlorine production process sees the company create paper with much smaller water and carbon footprints...

“In a city, it’s a green waste that should be collected. Really, it’s a good solution because we are keeping the balance—we get fiber for making paper and return lignin as a semi-fertilizer for the cities to fertilize the gardens or the trees. So it’s like a win-win model,” [Valentyn] Frechka, co-founder and CTO of Releaf Paper, told Euronews.

Releaf is already selling products to LVMH, BNP Paribas, Logitech, Samsung, and various other big companies. In the coming years, Frechka and Sobolenka also plan to further increase their production capacity by opening more plants in other countries. If the process is cost-efficient, there’s no reason there shouldn’t be a paper mill of this kind in every city.

“We want to expand this idea all around the world. At the end, our vision is that the technology of making paper from fallen leaves should be accessible on all continents,” Sobolenka notes, according to ZME Science."

-via Good News Network, August 15, 2024

[parasonmachinery]

In the need for sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives to single-use plastic tableware, bagasse plates have emerged as a promising solution. Bagasse, the fibrous residue left after extracting sugarcane juice, serves as the raw material for manufacturing biodegradable and compostable plates, bowls, and cups. This blog explores the process of making bagasse tableware and highlights the functions and features of various bagasse plate-making machines.

Raw Material For Sugarcane Bagasse Plate Making

Molded Fiber pulp sheets are used as the essential raw material for the production of disposable plates, and they are easily available in the market at highly affordable prices.

The transformation of waste sugarcane bagasse into clear and readily usable Molded Fiber (Disposable) pulp sheets entails undergoing a series of mechanical and chemical stock preparation processes, which closely resemble those employed in the paper manufacturing industry.

The cost of establishing a stock preparation system for Molded Fiber Pulp Sheets is twice as high as that of a Disposable Tableware production line. However, these bagasse pulp sheets are readily accessible in the market at a convenient price, which is why manufacturers of bagasse tableware prefer to utilize them.

Machinery and Systems Required for Disposable Tableware Manufacturing

The manufacturing process of disposable tableware, utilizing sugarcane bagasse as the raw material, requires the integration of numerous auxiliary systems and specialized machinery.

[bluepoodle7]

#PoopLikeAChampionUltraFiberCereal #FiberCereal #FiberMixedCerealReview #GeneralMills #CinnamonToastCrunch #GeneralMillsCinnamonToastCrunchChocolateChurrosCereal #ChurroShapedCereal #CerealReview

I tried the mixed the Poop like a Champion Cereal With the General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch Chocolate Churros Cereal dry and it was okay.

The chocolate churros cereal tasted wheat like but had a light chocolate cinnamon taste. The Poop like a champion cereal tasted neutral wheat tasting. This mix dry was lightly sweet to me.

I tried this with the Kroger Chocolate almond milk and it was pretty good.

The chocolate churros cereal gave it a chocolate cinnamon sweet taste that overpowered the Poop like a champion cereal and gave the chocolate almondmilk a more sweet cinnamon chocolate taste. This cereal mix stayed crunchy in milk. This was sweet but not overly sweet to me.

I would eat this mix again.

[asiajute]

Bangladesh Jute Spinners Association

The Bangladesh Jute Spinners Association (BJSA) is a trade organization of jute spinning mills in Bangladesh. It was established in 1979 with the objective of promoting and protecting the interests of the jute spinning industry in the country. The BJSA represents the interests of its member mills in various forums and works to address their concerns and issues related to the jute spinning…

[advancechemicals]

Retention and Drainage Program in the Paper Industry: Advance Chemicals’ Solution

In the paper industry, the retention and drainage program is a critical aspect of the papermaking process. The goal is to maximize the retention of fibers and fillers, minimize the amount of fines and debris, and improve the drainage rate of the paper machine. This results in a higher quality paper with improved strength, brightness, and overall appearance.

Advance Chemicals is a leading provider of retention and drainage solutions for the paper industry. The company offers a comprehensive program designed to improve the efficiency of the papermaking process and produce high-quality paper.

The retention and drainage program by Advance Chemicals is based on a combination of advanced chemical technologies, process optimization, and expert application support. The program includes a range of products specifically designed for the paper industry, including retention aids, drainage aids, and coagulants.

Retention aids are chemicals that are added to the papermaking process to increase the retention of fibers and fillers. They help to prevent fines and debris from escaping the paper machine and promote the formation of a uniform sheet. Drainage aids are added to the process to improve the flow of water and reduce the formation of debris, resulting in a faster drainage rate and a cleaner sheet.

Coagulants are used to control the charge of the fibers and fillers in the papermaking process. They help to prevent the formation of flocs and promote a uniform sheet. The coagulants used in the retention and drainage program by Advance Chemicals are carefully selected to minimize any negative impact on the papermaking process and produce a high-quality product.

In addition to the chemical products, Advance Chemicals also provides expert application support. The company’s experienced technicians work with papermakers to optimize the process, providing advice on product selection, dosages, and application methods. This ensures that the retention and drainage program is tailored to the specific needs of each customer and produces the best results.

In conclusion, the retention and drainage program by Advance Chemicals is a comprehensive solution designed to improve the efficiency of the papermaking process and produce high-quality paper. The program combines advanced chemical technologies, process optimization, and expert application support to deliver the best results for papermakers.

Get in touch with our experts www.advancechemicals.in 

[bwwhitney]

[headspace-hotel]

vintage story update:

i am amazed that you have to quarry stone to build a quern in order to grind or mill anything. people have been grinding stuff as long as they've been able to smash two rocks together. let me have a mortar and pestle

Also amazed that drying doesn't seem to be a method of preserving food, given that it's more ubiquitous and simpler than a lot of the mechanics used in the game.

This is to say, pemmican is the logical result of the food resources I have available to me and I cannot make it.

I don't know if the greater sense of realism is going to make me more or less annoyed with this game than with Minecraft. It is a game that is close enough to reality that knowing things about how nature works actually helps you in game, but far away enough that you often encounter things that should work but don't.

It's actually interesting to me how many technologies in-game are effectively inaccessible without metalsmithing, when they absolutely aren't in real life. Bronze and iron working aren't inevitable progressions of a society and many, many societies developed advanced technology and complex civilizations without them.

Tanning hides is the most egregious probably. I've been really frustrated about having to leave my animal hides out to rot, but the ability to saw planks is necessary to make barrels which are necessary for tanning. Also, a lot of stoneworking? You don't need metal to shape stone, just harder stone.

It is absolutely WILD how there is nothing given to the mechanics of textile creation when these are one of the most fundamental human technologies. You don't even need a loom to weave cloth, let alone a spindle to spin thread, or a needle to sew with. I'm guessing they will probably expand on this part of the game in future updates, since cotton and hemp are noticeable oversights in the realm of textile materials (so far the only fiber plant is flax). I would LOVE to see more than just the basic ones though, like maybe nettle, jute, ramie and so on

[perikrone]

The depth of the global textile supply chain that you get into as you get into increasingly obscure fiber arts is so wild.

You can start with knitting, or crochet, and there are *so* many choices for yarn and materials. Indie dyers with unique colorways, weird fibers from heritage breeds, and patterns for hundreds of lifetimes worth of hobby. You can even dive into spinning! Buy weird fiber from hobbyists and conservationists around the world, and spin things that you can't easily get otherwise.. Just those skills are enough to take a lifetime to hone.

But if you go far enough down the rabbit-hole, you're suddenly googling for how to compare thread weights between crochet thread numbers and weaving numbers, and is flax graded differently than cotton? Oh, I can get 20/2 and 60/2 silk all day long, but suddenly if I need 30/2 silk there are just a handful of results and wow I'll never be able to buy this again, is this a random mill in Turkey just selling cone ends??? And before you know it you have a note file with 10,000 Etsy links and Google translated half functioning corporate websites and you're trying to figure out if it's worth it to just see if you can import from this tiny store in Germany that seems to have a reliable source of *close enough* fiber for what you're going for, and why are you even so into *tablet weaving* of all things, why can't we just be knitting endless socks or something like that???

Love it, wouldn't trade it for the world.