• Flax break
  • Scutching
  • Hackling
  • Preparing to dress the distaff
  • Preparing to dress the distaff
  • Spinning flax fibre into linen yarn
  • Weaving with hand-spun linen yarn
  • Linen embroidery workshop with Sarah Pedlow

Processing Flax by Hand, Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem

The Linen Project Winterschool workshop series offered the opportunity to participate in activities traditionally carried out between harvests, the ‘winter work’, under the guidance of masters in the crafts; spinning, weaving, dyeing and decorating (embellishing) linen.

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  • Flax break

    Flax break

  • Scutching

    Scutching

  • Hackling

    Hackling

  • Preparing to dress the distaff

    Preparing to dress the distaff

  • Preparing to dress the distaff

    Preparing to dress the distaff

  • Spinning flax fibre into linen yarn

    Spinning flax fibre into linen yarn

  • Weaving with hand-spun linen yarn

    Weaving with hand-spun linen yarn

  • Linen embroidery workshop with Sarah Pedlow

    Linen embroidery workshop with Sarah Pedlow