So I've recently gotten into exploring some of the less common fibers for spinning ... including Ramie. It's very slick and supposedly gives a hard wearing yarn that can be used for all sorts of things.
From Wikipedia:
Ramie is used to make such products as industrial sewing thread, packing materials, fishing nets, and filter cloths. It is also made into fabrics for household furnishings (upholstery, canvas) and clothing, frequently in blends with other textile fibers (for instance when used in admixture with wool, shrinkage is reported to be greatly reduced when compared with pure wool.) Shorter fibres and waste are used in paper manufacture.
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