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