FlaxMobile

I was thrilled to be invited to participate in the FlaxMobile project. A local artist and farmer teamed up and with the support of the FlaxMobile have grown flax and retted it. Today we processed. I say we, but I was only there for a short time. Long enough to learn all the steps and be surprised about it. 

The farmer grew it and harvested it and cared for it in the field as it retted. The hand pulled bundles lasted through the process. The smell of the dew retired fibre was gentle and green like hay. 

There’s the FlaxMobile in the background and all the equipment that came out of it in the foreground. Theres two hackles in the foreground. 

Seeds are in the wheeled contraption. 

The finished line flax