The flax harvest can be divided into three phases, starting with pulling the flax from the soil, roots and all. This is followed by the crucial retting process, and finally the bundling of the flax into sheaves. Falling in the summer months, the Linen Stewards approached the manual harvest tasks with respect for the needs of the flax and fibre, the challenges of unpredictable and weather-dependent processes, as well as their own energy and curiosity.
