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Linen thread on an Ashford Sampleit Loom is tied on the front beam and awaits a weaver during a flax class at Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum on Sunday, July 13, 2025.

This Newsreel clip about harvesting linen might just have all the flax facts you need to know. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 10 September 1951. 1951: The linen harvest. Video, 00:04:351951 ...

One of her aims is to foster not just a flax-growing industry, but a linen-producing community. “There are so many social and cultural benefits to having agency around cloth and garment ...

Flax is not just a plant that produces seeds rich in omega-3. It’s also used to make linseed oil, a natural wood preserver, and the natural fiber linen. “Flax has a really deep history in the ...

To produce the work, she uprooted a flax stem every day of the 100-day growing cycle and preserved it in Copenhagen solution, drawing on examples from the botanical gardens’ archives.

It takes about 100 days for flax to grow from seed to harvest. Traditionally in Ireland the seed was sown on St Patrick’s Day and harvested on the 12th July.

Today linen is grown primarily in northern Europe and Canada. There are acres and acres of flax fields in Canada. The cooler climates are better for growing flax.

Once a common sight, with thousands of people across the province involved in pulling flax to service the province's world-leading linen industry, flax harvesting is today sadly a very rare ...

Harvesting flax to make linen clothes.This Newsreel clip about harvesting linen might just have all the flax facts you need to know. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 10 September 1951.