Ontario Handspinning Seminar
After taking this workshop, you will be ready to rival Rumpelstiltskin in turning straw into gold. Over the course of the morning, Cat will provide the knowledge and tools to grow and process flax. In addition to tips and tricks about planting and growing flax, you'll have an opportunity to hand process retted flax stalks to release the golden fibre hidden within. Participants will walk away from this session with a a supply of fibre flax seeds and the knowledge to grow and process them. Cat will demonstrate the hand processing steps on purpose-built tools, which participants will also be able to try out. Participants will use a variety of inexpensive tools to process flax during the session. At the end you'll leave the class with a small strick of line flax, ready to spin and a packet of seeds, ready to plant. If you get the seeds in the ground soon after the Seminar you'll be able to harvest your own crop of flax in August.
Grow Your Own Flax Fibre!
Cat Haggert
Morning
Bring With You
All materials will be supplied
Grow Your Own Flax Fibre!
Cat Haggert
After taking this workshop, you will be ready to rival Rumpelstiltskin in turning straw into gold. Over the course of the morning, Cat will provide the knowledge and tools to grow and process flax. In addition to tips and tricks about planting and growing flax, you'll have an opportunity to hand process retted flax stalks to release the golden fibre hidden within. Participants will walk away from this session with a a supply of fibre flax seeds and the knowledge to grow and process them. Cat will demonstrate the hand processing steps on purpose-built tools, which participants will also be able to try out. Participants will use a variety of inexpensive tools to process flax during the session. At the end you'll leave the class with a small strick of line flax, ready to spin and a packet of seeds, ready to plant. If you get the seeds in the ground soon after the Seminar you'll be able to harvest your own crop of flax in August.
Items to Bring
All materials will be supplied
Cat Haggert
Cat demonstrates flax processing at many fibre festivals and Fall fairs. She has offered various workshops and talks on flax growing and processing, including two Flax Plant-Alongs, one sponsored by the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners and the other by the Upper Canada Fibreshed.
Morning
Cat demonstrates flax processing at many fibre festivals and Fall fairs. She has offered various workshops and talks on flax growing and processing, including two Flax Plant-Alongs, one sponsored by the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners and the other by the Upper Canada Fibreshed.
Cat Haggert
