28/10/2026
Spinning raw cotton you ask? Not many people do but Radka decided to try. She grew cotton plants in her garden, harvested the ripe bolls, patiently removed the seeds to end up with fluffy cotton balls ready for spinning. A challenge she said, given the short fibres! The result? Creamy-white soft, lofty cotton yarn. Three cotton plants produced enough flowers to yield 90gms (145m) of 2-ply cotton yarn. Radka definitely gets the award for persistence and giving it a go! Anyone else up for the challenge?
