Join us for a fun and informative in-person, hands-on workshop on flax. Topics and demonstrations will include:

Planting flax seed—broadcasting techniques versus row planting

Harvesting flax—the right time to harvest for just fiber or fiber plus seed

Bundling flax—preparing the harvested flax for retting

Retting—both dew retting and wet retting explained. We will discuss using a small tank or low-volume sprinklers, and show examples of ready-retted flax.

The hands-on portion of the workshop will include:

Processing retted flax—learn how use a traditional brake, scutch/paddle, and a series of hackles

Creating a strick—a decorative bundle of fiber ready to be converted into sliver for spinning

Students will come home with some seeds for planting in their garden, flax straw ready for processing, handouts on how to make equipment, and more!

The class is limited to 15 students, and will take place at the beautiful Chico Flax farm in Chico. The class will be both outdoors and in the barn classroom, which has plenty of ventilation and folding chairs. New this year is an add on to learn to spin and weave your stricks into linen. See our Spinning Flax into Linen Class for more info.

Lunch and beverages will be provided

$350.00

Dates:

• Saturday, May 4, 10:00 am -4:00 pm