Textiles and clothing, by Kate Heintz Watson (1914)
Watson, Kate Heintz, American School of Home Economics · Chicago, American School of Home Economics · leaf 61
; .5—Undisturbed Water; C— Bundles of Flax. Cold water retting in running water is practiced inBelgium. Retting in stagnant water is the methodusually employed in Ireland and Russia. The rettingin stagnant water is more rapidly done, but there isdanger of over-retting on account of the organic… … FLAX 47 without any previous steeping. This method of rettingis practiced in Germany and Russia. Warm waterretting and chemical retting have met with limitedsuccess. When the ret-ting is complete,the flax is set upin sheaves todry. The nextoperations con-sist of break-ing, scutch-ing, andhackling…
Textile fabrics · Sewing · Dressmaking
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