Rosie Bristow is a PhD student in textiles and engineering at Heriot-watt university. She is researching and making open-source flax processing and spinning machines, with a goal to re-localise natural fibre textile production to the UK. She is the co-founder of Fantasy Fibre Mill, which was the 2023 winner of Converge create change challenge. She is also a part time flax farmer and accordionist.