Desarrollo de un género textil a partir del tallo de ortiga

Abstract

The development of a textile genre from nettle stems is approached because in the region, plants of the urtica genus are mainly used in naturopathic and/or ancestral medicine, but not as a material for textile production in the fashion industry, which is wasted as an alternative ecological raw material. This field research conducted a morphological study of the nettle stalk in the areas of Ambato and Cayambe, as well as interviews with textile experts in order to establish whether the nettle stalk has adequate characteristics to generate a textile applicable in fashion, resulting in a positive development. The proposal applies the retting method to extract the fibers from the stalk. In the formation of the yarn and weaving, the process of wool weaving is taken as a reference; the final product is a flat fabric with a mixture of nettle and wool fibers.