Growing your own fiber to spin and weave into fabric for clothes is an exciting endeavor. However, it requires many skills that are no longer the norm. We have to relearn what and how to grow, how to ...

An instructional video on spinning flax fibers using a handheld distaff, featuring traditional medieval tools and methods for historical fiber preparation and spinning. GOP senator hits Trump tax bill ...

But just a few generations before -- before Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793, making cotton far more economical to produce -- it was linen, not cotton, that you would have found in common ...

A St. Lawrence County artisan is growing her own flax and spinning it into linen fabric. Ellen McCrea lives in Gouverneur and uses antique... Jan 31, 2020 — A St. Lawrence County artisan is growing ...