S2E5.3 A Basket and a Ponytail – Dressing and Spinning
S2E5: Spinning Flax and Hemp
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23m
Patsy walks us through dressing a basket and a ponytail distaff as well as spinning from each.
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S2E5.4 Plying Linen
Patsy teaches us to ply linen, talks about scouring, other plant fibers, and how to find a lost end.
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S2E5.5 Skein and Scour
Patsy shows us the intricacies of skeining linen (including an endearing niddy noddy song), her handy trick for hitch-tying a skein, and tying extra tie through your loops. She then makes sure we know how to scour linen yarn and tells us why it's important to do so.
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S2E5.6 Scour and Beetle
Want to learn hour to scour and beetle your flax? Patsy gives a great lesson on both. She starts with the scouring recipe and process and ends by showing you the four post-scouring liquids to demonstrate how very dirty flax can be. She talks about how to hang your linen yarns to dry and then how ...
