Growing flax for fiber to spin into linen requires many steps. Once it is harvested and the seeds removed, it needs to be retted. Retting flax is the process of freeing the flax fibers from between ...

I first saw flax being processed for spinning about 25 years ago at the Museum of Frontier Culture near Staunton, Virginia. I really didn’t understand what I was seeing and thought it was an insane ...

Linen comes from flax, which uses fewer inputs than cotton and lasts longer. Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the ...

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