The big book of flax
Subtitle: a compendium of flax facts, art, lore, projects and song
By: Christian & Johannes Zinzendorf
Contributors: Zinzendorf, Johannes
Publisher: Schiffer Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Atglen, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780764337154
Subjects: Flax spinning; Flax industry; Flax; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: The flax plant; title: In the beginning : flax in the Middle East and Europe; title: Flax in America; title: Planting and harvesting; title: Rippling, threshing, and retting; title: Flax tools; title: Breaking, scutching, and combing; title: Spinning; title: Bleaching and dyeing; title: Weaving and knitting; title: Making flax collectibles; title: Educational flax projects for school and home-school; title: Collecting flax tools and spinning wheels; title: Collecting linens and antique clothing and how to care for them; title: Other uses for flax; title: Flax and food; title: Let's sleep! Preparing a rope bed; title: A flax potpourri; title: Flax in the twenty-first century.