Working with Flax and Nettles
By woodlandstv
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Here at Bentley Woodfair we see expert Allan Brown talking us through the various processes involved in preparing flax and nettles ready for hand spinning - from growing, cutting, drying and storing through to working the plant to reduce it to its most useful natural fibres. Allan uses traditional equipment, adopting specific techniques to best work the flax. We appreciate how, in times past, this would have had enormous production value - as flax and nettles were used to make all sorts of crucial items, from sails and bed sheets to clothes and cordage - and this skill still has its value today. For more info, please email: thewoollyumbrella@gmail.com
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Wow…”streaming flaxen waxen”! Such an interesting video. Thank you.
Bravo, Alan!
Had to laugh about the animals wanting to lie on it – I'm always chasing my cat out of the flax patch and then trying to fluff up the areas he's flattened.
Interesting stuff! Amazing how these important skills get lost over time! Thank you for sharing this!
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Well done. Nice to see this hasn't been lost.
Woodlands TV, where have you been all my life? So happy I came across your channel! Just the sounds of the forest alone made me happy 🙂
Just before this i watched a Belgian Flax to finest linen Factories Immense many different procedures before finished product natural dye best quality bedlinen . Very interesting . Alan 's hands must be sore?reminds me during the War holding skeins of wool for my Mother when once in balls, would knit every evening . No television. Radio probably .I Was in bed. Unless the sirens sounded then to the shelters.. How different life was . Even with war . Better than today . World has too many people.
Awesome!
very informative, thanks for posting
I don’t quite know how I got here, but I’m glad I did. This was fantastic! Thank you for sharing.
Dee Aden
June 19, 2018