We are building infrastructure for the textile commons

About

Fantasy Fibre Mill is developing open source textile processing machinery to enable the emergence of a local, decentralised, community-owned textile economy.

Fantasy Fibre Mill works at the intersection of regenerative agriculture, ethical fashion and the emerging movement of the commons. We aim to disrupt the current extractive, destructive and exploitative supply chains and instead produce textiles which nurture the local environment and community. We are building and empowering a worldwide community of textile activists to radically re-shape how we produce and consume textile based products.

Our projects

Innovative Farmers Field Lab

We are collaborating with the Soil Association in Scotland on a field lab trial of…

a photograph of Rosie speaking on a panel at Design SHIFT symposium

Design HOPES

Design HOPES is a research project based in Scotland in 5 different Scottish Universities and…

South West Textile Commons

Commoning a new textile economy with our partners in the South West.

Let’s Grow Flax Linen Jeans

Spinning linen yarn and making jeans for Let’s Grow Flax.

What we do

We provide tools, knowledge and expertise to build a fair and responsible natural fibre based textile economy.

Open Source Textile Machinery

We design and build open source textile machinery for processing natural fibres (flax, wool, cotton, silk). You can find guides and instructions on our Github, and in our store.

Machinery Build and Project Consultancy

If you need assistance building one of our machines, or some advice on a natural fibre project, we can help.

Yarn Production

Using our machinery, we produce natural fibre yarns. We are also open to collaborate on custom yarn production projects.

Community

We are building a community of natural fibre enthusiasts and textile machinery hackers. Get in touch and we’ll send you an invite to our Open Source Textile Mills Discord server.

Contact

We love talking about all things natural fibre, yarn, textile machines and natural dyes (and fashion…).

@fantasyfibremill

Fantasy Fibre Mill

Open Source Textile Mills (DM for invite)