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Future Fibres Abi Wastie Panel Discussion pdf
Future Fibres Abi Wastie

Future Fibres - Is fibre’s future rooted in its past? Panel Discussion

WHEN

Sat 02 May 2026
4:15pm - 4:45pm

AGE RESTRICTIONS

All ages welcome

TAGS

Festival
Talk

Hosted by Abigail Wastie: Heritage, craft & fibre

Hear from local growers, farmers, makers and businesses navigating the opportunities and challenges of working with natural fibres including Derbyshire wool and Riddings flax.

Panellists include:

Richard Spencer, 4th generation Derbyshire Sheep farmer and British wool board rep bottle feeding lambs at the age of 4.

Amanda Haran is the queen of Flax and gorilla growing, digging up her front drive to grow flax and then process it and getting everyone around her to join the flax home growing movement!

Hosted by Abigail Wastie from Thread of Life.

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