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Community Flax Day

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Roll up your sleeves to learn about and process flax plants into linen and try out natural dyeing with flower farmer Marielena Accorda-Shaner of Boda Bayfield.

Flax to Linen We will be rippling seeds, breaking and combing retted home grown flax, then making stricks of linen—bundles of raw fiber for spinning and weaving into cloth. There will be spindles to try out spinning and a small loom for weaving. Textile people are welcome to spin along and/or show and tell their textile work. We’ll have dye seeds to giveaway.

Natural Dyeing Marielena will guide people in dyeing silk or cotton cloth with plants from her flower farm. $5-$15 material fee.

What to bring

  1. Clothes that can get dirty, a dust mask, and gloves if you plan to process flax

  2. Water bottle, sun hat

  3. Optional: Your homegrown retted flax, spindles or spinning wheels to spin flax, other flax processing tools, textiles to show & tell

  4. Natural Dye materials fee

Schedule of the Day

1pm Welcome

1:30 Learn all the steps in Flax Processing
Spinning and Weaving Demonstration

2pm Roll up your sleeves and process flax

3pm Natural Dyeing
Dye seeds giveaway

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Related Courses: Textile Courses

Sign up to the waitlist for date, location & details of Community Flax Day

Roll up your sleeves to learn about and process flax plants into linen and try out natural dyeing with flower farmer Marielena Accorda-Shaner of Boda Bayfield.

Flax to Linen We will be rippling seeds, breaking and combing retted home grown flax, then making stricks of linen—bundles of raw fiber for spinning and weaving into cloth. There will be spindles to try out spinning and a small loom for weaving. Textile people are welcome to spin along and/or show and tell their textile work. We’ll have dye seeds to giveaway.

Natural Dyeing Marielena will guide people in dyeing silk or cotton cloth with plants from her flower farm. $5-$15 material fee.

What to bring

  1. Clothes that can get dirty, a dust mask, and gloves if you plan to process flax

  2. Water bottle, sun hat

  3. Optional: Your homegrown retted flax, spindles or spinning wheels to spin flax, other flax processing tools, textiles to show & tell

  4. Natural Dye materials fee

Schedule of the Day

1pm Welcome

1:30 Learn all the steps in Flax Processing
Spinning and Weaving Demonstration

2pm Roll up your sleeves and process flax

3pm Natural Dyeing
Dye seeds giveaway