{"id":3512,"date":"2019-08-31T08:10:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T06:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2019-08-31T09:58:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T07:58:46","slug":"flax-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/flax-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Flax Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This past weekend was the Flax and wool days at Skansen outdoor museum<\/a> in Stockholm. I went with a friend and brought last year’s retted flax. My focus for the theme weekend this year was Flax Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experimental flax patch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have a small experimental flax patch<\/a> in the flower bed in our tiny townhouse garden. The patch is about one square meter and big enough for me to experiment and learn about growing and processing flax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The experimental flax patch in July.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Creative solutions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I have grown flax since 2014 and I have improved and learn every year. I have no tools for processing except a rough hackle and a fine hackle. For the other steps in the process I have had to improvise. I rippled the seeds by putting the flax in a pillowcase and roll a rolling pin over it. For breaking the flax I beat the flax with a fist-sized rock against a stone. I used a spatula to scutch. None of these methods work very well. Last year I took my 2017 harvest to Skansen outdoor museum for processing<\/a>. I also made a video from the processing<\/a>. The result was wonderful. For the first time I felt I could actually spin my flax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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