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  Flax and Linen
  Flax & Linen


 
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Media: BOOK - paperback, 32 pages
Author: P. Baines
Year: 1998
Other Data: b&w photos, sketches, further reading
ISBN: 0852637276

Availability: Out of Print
Product Code: SHI055
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Flax has been cultivated for thousands of years to produce to fibre to make linen. This book gives an account of the processes and tools involved in the production of linen from flax. The traditional methods, when the work was done by hand, are described, as well as some of the improvements and machines that have been developed.

Contents:
Flax
Spinning flax into linen
Weaving linen cloth
Pattern weaves and damask
Finishing linen cloth
Linen today
Further reading
Places to visit

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