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Flax scutching for fine quality linen and flax tow yarns
Scutching The individual steps for extracting the fibres from the flax stalks essentially serve two purposes: splitting the plant into its individual components and hence releasing the fibres and cleaning these fibres from other substances. The aim of scutching is to extract the fibres = the operation of separating the woody part of deseeded or retted flax straw Another word for this process is swingle = To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it
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