Date: Monday, April 24, 2023 at 9:30 am Pacific time
Program: Joan Ruane: How Important Industrial Hemp is to our Environment
Joan has been teaching spinning for almost 30 years. As a graduate from Springfield College, she taught in the Tucson public schools before going to New Zealand in 1971. In New Zealand at that time were 3 million people and 30 million sheep, she learned to spin from Ruth Reid. Returning home to the U.S. a year later, she brought with her two fleeces, a Pipy wheel and a flick carder.
In time, Joan’s focus turned to industrial hemp which is the topic of her presentation entitled How Important Industrial Hemp is to our Environment.
Joan informed the group how to spin and weave industrial hemp.
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