Textiles and clothing, by Kate Heintz Watson (1914)
Watson, Kate Heintz, American School of Home Economics · Chicago, American School of Home Economics · leaf 57
FLAX 47 without any previous steeping, This method of retting is practiced in Germany and Russia. Warm water retting and chemical retting have met with Hmited … machinery. fibers of flax .Breaking removes the woody center from the retted and dried flax by being passed through a series of fluted rollers. The particles of woody matter adher- ing to the fibers are detached by scutching. Hackling or combing still further separates the Hackling fibers into…
Textile fabrics · Sewing · Dressmaking
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