Kinne, Helen · New York: The Macmillan company · leaf 191
rk.Fig. 105.—This little girl is rippling flax the seeds. Then the flaxis bound in bundles forthe next process, which isretting. This is really themost important part of all,for it means rotting theoutside woody portion ofthe stem so as to get theflax fiber. This woodyportion is of no value.The… … Courtesy of Woolman & McGowan, Textiles. Fig. 106. — Flax retting at Courtrai, Belgium. the outside woody bark. This is a very slow process.More often flax is retted in water. The bundles are REPAIRING LINEN 179 placed in crates or boxes, and left for about two weeksunder water. If you grow…
Sewing · Clothing and dress
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