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The language of spinning is sometimes confusing. That’s even more true when it comes to linen. This article covers all the terms associated with flax and spinning it into linen.

Steph loves spinning flax. This article covers how to spin flax but also tips and tricks from Steph’s decades of flax spinning. It covers hackling, distaves, the drafting line, spinning, line, and so many nuggets of knowledge.

Once your flax is pulled and dried, it needs to be separated and then retted. This article gives several ways of retting and tools you can improvise if you don’t have the traditional tools.

If you don’t have the traditional tools for rippling, breaking, scrutching, and hackling, this article explains how things you might already have around could be improvised.

How to dress a distaff in a traditional way and also how to easily dress one using a towel and ribbon.