Flax Spinning

Megan Cleland

Morning

Learn how to take a strick of flax and dress a distaff. Using the fibre on that distaff you will learn to spin flax using the wet finger method. We will be using flax goo as a smoothing agent.

Please Bring :

Spinning wheel or spindle, comb, hand carders, container for flax goo.

Megan Cleland has been spinning fibres for over 25 years and likes to push the boundaries. Having lived on a sheep farm in Australia, she gained an appreciation for quality wool and alpaca. Moving back to Canada she started spinning other wools as in long wools and the down breeds. Recently she has been spinning bast fibres and will be planting a half acre locally in 2025. Demonstrating flax spinning in public has been great experience to bring history to the younger generations.