Continuous and discontinuous fibers, yarn, fabrics and composites using short natural fibers and fibrils

A method for manufacturing a composite component comprising:

• providing bast fibers including technical fibers with a diameter of 50 to 100 μm, elementary fibers with a diameter of 10 to 20 μm, meso fibrils with a diameter of 0.1 to 0.3 μm, and micro fibrils with a diameter of 1 to 4 nm, wherein greater than or equal to 80% of the technical fibers, the elementary fibers, the meso fibrils, and the micro fibrils are short bast fibers having a length that is less than or equal to 12.7 mm, and less than or equal to 20% of the technical fibers, the elemental fibers, the meso fibrils and the micro fibrils are long bast fibers with a length of more than 12.7 mm;
• creating at least one of a dispersion, a gel, a solution, a paste, and a dough including the technical fibers, the elementary fibers, the meso fibrils, and the micro fibrils;
• spinning filaments from the at least one of the dispersion, the gel, the solution, the paste, and the dough using a spinneret;
• combining a plurality of the filaments into a continuous reinforcing fiber;
• and
• creating the composite component by encapsulating the continuous reinforcing fiber in a resin.