Northern Ireland"s Linen Biennale launched a few weeks ago. There's already been some lovely events with many more to come.
Flax & Linen are a huge part of our history. The skills, crafts, art & stories are all wonderful.
Find events & go to them.
#Linen #Flax #Trad #TradSkills
https://www.linenbiennalenorthernireland.com/

_The Evening Post_, 27 July 1923:
THE FLAX INDUSTRY
MILLS CONTINUE WORKING
… steady improvement in the output of fibre from the mills in the Manawatu swamp area, and most of them have continued working during the period when it was customary for them to close down for the winter.… the ravages of the “yellow-leaf” disease appear to have been arrested.… The new methods of cutting flax … [have had] encouraging results.…
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19230727.2.18
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #NewZealand #Flax #Industry

Just watched a youtube video about #spinning. Or about "how to learn to spin". Or about "how to make it really hard for yourself to learn to spin".

She got there - but boy could that have been easier ...

Don't get me wrong - I get the urge to use traditional methods and tools. And I think they totally glossed over the whole antique wheel problems thing (someone probably fixed that wheel up, so everything works smoothly).

https://youtu.be/O5-P6EUk1ww

@spinning #spinningwheel #flax #fiberarts

Canadian judge says thumbs-up emoji amounts to contract acceptance
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-farmer-ordered-to-pay-after-judge-says-thumbs-up-emoji-amounts-to/
#contract #court #flax #achter #farmer #signature #keene #emoji #Saskatchewan #Timothy_Keene #Chris_Achter

From the Vikings to the 21st C: Scotland’s #Linen Industry
#flax #textiles
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/07/01/from-the-vikings-to-the-21st-c-scotlands-linen-industry/

Y es que #Raphael y #LeoRizzi lo tienen claro. Digan lo que digan los demás, este verano se pasan a la #kombucha de la mano de #Flax&Kale. La firma ha puesto el micro al... http://www.periodistadigital.com/elbuenvivir/20230628/raphael-y-leo-rizzi-se-pasan-a-la-kombucha-y-relanzan-el-clasico-digan-lo-que-digan-para-flax-kale-689404919356/ #Diganloquedigan #Orgullo202

Y es que #Raphael y #LeoRizzi lo tienen claro. Digan lo que digan los demás, este verano se pasan a la #kombucha de la mano de #Flax&Kale. La firma ha puesto el micro al... http://www.periodistadigital.com/elbuenvivir/20230628/raphael-y-leo-rizzi-se-pasan-a-la-kombucha-y-relanzan-el-clasico-digan-lo-que-digan-para-flax-kale-689404919356/ #Diganloquedigan #Orgullo202

Can Scotland Revive Its Ancient Linen Industry ?
#linen #flax #farming #Scotland
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/06/25/can-scotland-revive-its-ancient-linen-industry/

Happy #Solstice! I always feel like I have far too many options to mark the day, so this year, I’m visiting the larvae on my #ladybug tree, and enjoying the blooms of my volunteer #flax plants. The ladybugs are also enjoying the flax stalks- apparently they act like ladybug escalators!

Cottonization: Making Hemp and Flax Fibers Into The Better Cotton - These days it’s hard to imagine that fabrics were ever made out of anything other ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/06/20/cottonization-making-hemp-and-flax-fibers-into-the-better-cotton/ #cottonization #originalart #greenhacks #bastfiber #featured #interest #science #flax #hemp

Flax is a lovely Colorado native and has come back for me year after year. #Colorado #NativePlants #Flax #Flowers #Druidry

夏天是亞麻的季節呀！#flax #plants

Last year's xeriscape installation is busting out in blooms!
#xeriscape #penstemon #pussyToes #flax

Here's some fun I've had with a photo I took last month of harakeke (NZ flax, Phormium tenax) in a wetland.

It's rotations and crops to bring out all of the weird geometric shapes and colours lurking in dense harakeke stands.

Wetlands rock.

#Aotearoa #NZ #flax #reflection #shapes #wetlands #photography

Stacking bound flax to dry. Co Antrim. early 1900s.(National Museums Northern Ireland). C/o NI Historical Photographical Soc. #Antrim #flax #linen

@Penguinflight That's wonderful! Thank you for sharing this! #Scotland #Flax #Linen

Grow #Flax For #Linen In Your Garden

By Cindy Conner

"Growing flax to process into linen was a common activity on homesteads before the Industrial Revolution. In fact, a quarter acre per person might have been planted to take care of clothing and other #textile needs for the year. When choosing a variety of flax to plant for linen, make sure the botanical name is Linum usitatissimum. The variety I’ve found to be available is Marilyn.

"If you are just starting out and don’t know if you really want to get into this yet, you can get enough material to work with from just a small space in your garden. In that case, you may want to buy seed by the packet, if it is available. If you want to have enough to really play with, plant a pound of seeds. I bought seed through The Heirloom Seed Project at the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Their one pound package of seeds indicates it is enough to plant 400 square feet. My main source of information about growing flax to linen has been the book Linen: From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth by Linda Heinrich. That book suggests that one pound of seed is enough to plant 300 square feet."
#NaturalFibers #MakeClothesThatLast

Read more:
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/grow-flax-for-linen-in-your-garden-zbcz1703

#Flax seeds, or alsi seeds keep the blood thin and help in preventing clots

Find out more

via @htlifeandstyle
https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/lifestyle/combat-chronic-heart-diseases-with-these-superfoods-101682052401570.html #press

#February 1, 1865
#OTD Henry Luke Bolley, American #Botanist & #Plant #Pathologist, is born.

Fun Fact: Henry helped start #Purdue #Football & played quarterback. He also started the #Botany dept. & the football program at #NDSU.

Dubbed the "Savior of the #Flax Crop," Henry fought #Plant diseases & created disease-resistant #Plants.

In his 1956 #Eulogy, Harlow Walster said,

"Henry was a fearless trailblazer who cut deep & lasting blazes in the #Forest of #Ignorance about plant diseases."

It’s starting to look like a sweater!! 😃

#knitting #knittingmastodon #knittinglife #tincanknits #flax #sweater