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Banana Fiber is extracted from Banana tree bark. The trunk is peeled. Brown-green skin is thrown away retaining the cleaner or white portion which will be processed into knotted fibers. The fibers are extracted through hand extraction machine composed of either serrated or non serrated knives. The peel is clamped between the wood plank and knife and hand-pulled through, removing the resinous material. The extracted fibers are sun-dried which whitens the fiber.
Once dried, the fibers are ready for knotting. A bunch of fibers are mounted or clamped on a stick to facilitate segregation. Each fiber is separated according to fiber sizes and grouped accordingly. To knot the fiber, each fiber is separated and knotted to the end of another fiber manually. The separation and knotting is repeated until bunches of unknotted fibers are finished to form a long continuous strand. This fiber can now be used for making various productsBanana fibre ideal for spining, mixing with other wool or yarn and art projects. Fibre can mixed with other fibres make Yarns to produce brilliant and unique yarns and textiles. This silk fbre is for spinners, designers, fibre artists. this could be used in spinning your own yarn and weaving and arts and crafts projects. Banana fibre has been in use since 16 th century to make rope,cord and textiles.
India led the world in banana production representing 23% of the world wide crop.most which was for domestic consuption.The stem of banana plat is usually thrown away once the plantain is harvested the stem. though highly edible and nutrious the fibre from the banana stems are strong as any other plant fibre.The fibre is refined,processed and skeined by women co-oprative in south India,
Banana fibre comes from renewable,sustainable and enviormentally-friendly source. This banana fibre known as a vegan silk fibre.Lustrous and silky,This fibre is refined,processed by women co-oprative in India.
Hand wash gently in warm water do not scrub or wring out sqeeze gently to remove excess water or wrap a towel around . and lay flat to dry.
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