Kinne, Helen · New York: The Macmillan company · leaf 193
Fig. 107. Courtesy of Speyer School, New York.Flax breaking done by hand. i8o CLOTHING AND HEALTH … breaking. After this process the flax lies in long bundlesof parallel fibers, something like a girls hair as it isready to be braided. The flax varies in color; some-times it is gray or of agreenish tint, and some-times pale yellow. If you have a microscopeor a glass at school, ex-amine the flax…
Sewing · Clothing and dress
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