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Flax-to-Linen: An Introduction to the Tools and Techniques of Traditional Flax Dressing and Spinning

$300.00

During this two-day workshop, participants will learn how to grow, harvest, ret, break, scutch and hackle flax fiber to produce flax fiber for spinning and other uses. We will learn how to use a distaff, and will explore spinning linen yarns with handspindles and spinning wheels. No prior spinning experience required. If you have a working spinning wheel you'd like to use, you are welcome to bring it.

All workshops begin at 9:30am on the first day of the program.

All participants must be 18+ years old.

During this two-day workshop, participants will learn how to grow, harvest, ret, break, scutch and hackle flax fiber to produce flax fiber for spinning and other uses. We will learn how to use a distaff, and will explore spinning linen yarns with handspindles and spinning wheels. No prior spinning experience required. If you have a working spinning wheel you'd like to use, you are welcome to bring it.

All workshops begin at 9:30am on the first day of the program.

All participants must be 18+ years old.

Instructors

Andrea Myklebust

Andrea Myklebust is a shepherd, spinner and weaver, who also grows and processes flax and fiber hemp. She teaches flax-to-linen, handspinning, and weaving at sites across the US.  She lives in Danby, Vermont. 

For more information, visit her website at www.mountainheartvt.com