{"id":3109,"date":"2023-10-23T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artigianicreativi.it\/2023\/10\/23\/the-ancient-hemp-cycle\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:30:41","slug":"the-ancient-hemp-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artigianicreativi.it\/en\/2023\/10\/23\/the-ancient-hemp-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"The ancient hemp cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The extraction of the textile fiber and the subsequent processing and weaving of <strong>hemp<\/strong> are part of lengthy processes that require not inconsiderable gifts of patience and skill, as well as a genuinely felt passion towards a cultural heritage that one wants to help preserve.  <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img width=\"551\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artigianicreativi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Img-1.jpg\" alt=\"Woman performing the action of gathering reeds for hemp weaving.  \" class=\"wp-image-2013\" style=\"width:262px;height:337px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artigianicreativi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Img-1.jpg 551w, https:\/\/www.artigianicreativi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Img-1-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It naturally goes from planting and growing the plants to <strong>harvesting the canes<\/strong>, which can reach a maximum length of four meters.<\/p>\n\n<p>  The reeds must then be placed first to <strong>dry<\/strong>, then to<strong> macerate<\/strong>, to allow the separation of the inner woody part from the outer part, from which the textile fiber will then be made.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The raw material obtained by this process is further placed to<strong> dry<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n<p>At this point it is ready to be subjected to the operation of threshing with the &#8220;macigna,&#8221; a wooden tool used to <strong>defibrate<\/strong> the hemp, making it thinner and thinner.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The next stage makes use of the &#8220;ciavola,&#8221; which further defibers the hemp.  <\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>At this point <strong>combing<\/strong> is the last of the preparatory steps for the fiber, before <strong>spinning<\/strong> at the spinning wheel and spindle with the help of saliva. 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