Growing flax for fiber to spin into linen requires many steps. Once it is harvested and the seeds removed, it needs to be retted. Retting flax is the process of freeing the flax fibers from between ...

Working at the history center is a very energetic and exciting place where people bring their passions of the past into action. I am always impressed by our many demonstrators who bring their ...

For those of you who value the beautiful linen tablecloth that’s been handed down in your family, I think you’ll be astounded to learn about the effort it took to produce the fiber from which it was ...