Sunday, September 17, 2023 10am-12pm
@ Weavers Guild of Greater Cincinnati 

4870 Gray Road, Cincinnati, OH 

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FREE

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Learn about the magic of turning flax into linen. This educational demonstration will introduce you to the storied flax plant, the multi-step process from harvesting to stooking, to retting andbraking, scutching and hackling, and finally spinning of linen thread. All materials and tools will be available, giving you a hands-on experience of processing the fiber. This event is a part of the Rust Belt Fibershed's Linen Project, and those who have grown and retted their own flax are welcome to bring their harvest for processing. This skill-sharing time is not necessarily a class, rather an opportunity to share equipment, so if you'd like instruction please come right at 10am, as we'll be doing a short introduction and how-to before getting to work!

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