Re: On maintaining a Ranger: farm economics and deep authenticity... for textiles, nettle seems almost on equal footing with flax in the old European archeology. If you have a good patch of them available off-property, you can still have fibres for fabric without sacrificing arable land. (Was on my mind since I spent a good chunk of my afternoon in seasonal Beorning gear, gathering a giant bundle from my patch while practicing other 'deep' skills.)
... I've kind of been on the lookout for nettle fabrics and references to same. There's Iodo's ramie shirt of course, and I'd come across a fair amount of coarse nettle fabric (mostly Tibetan in origin I think) I've been using for other projects..
But this looks really interesting - https://www.etsy.com/listing/1402222501 ... unic-early?
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1402229971 ... 65cm-width?
If the pieces I've found so far are anything to go by, it's got an interesting hand... kinda close to a coarser hemp. I don't think this piece is in my budget in the near future, but very cool! If anyone has experience with the stuff, I'm curious to hear how it goes.