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Harvesting flax to produce fine quality line yarns

flax plant flowers

 

Film about SwissFlax harvesting
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Flax history The plant Harvesting flax
The Flax fibers Scutching Long fiber spinning
Tow spinning Winding Finished Products

 

Harvesting flax

The flax harvest requires the use of specific processes, technologies and equipment. Primarily these concerns pulling the plants and retting on ground, which leads to the natural decomposition of the pectins that bind the fibres together.

flax harvest - pulling the plants and retting on ground  flax plant pulling

partially pulled flax field - flax harvest

 

 

Additional information on flax line and flax tow may be found here 

 

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