Flax: fibre to yarn (Mike’s allotment)

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Scutched ready for a comb
A strick of flax ready to spin
Small stricks of my shorter line flax, ready to spin
Tow
The flax on the spindle is darker, unset
A skien of flax, spun on a drop spindle
A skein of flax after being boiled in soapy water (setting the twist)
unwinding a skein
Drop spindle, pin and frame looms
Middle sample is unset (using jute warp thread), the right hand sample is 100% flax thread (with the twist set, without any type of bleaching )
Some more spun flax ready to weave

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