Category: linen
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Un-Fashion at FACC space
We’re at the end of our Ashley Family Fund grant and so we’re celebrating and sharing our achievements with a little exhibition and free workshops. We have been gifted the lovely, cosy space run by the Future Arts Collective Cymru. There’s an exhibition of flax to linen upstairs, including the amazing dioramas by Martine Brown…
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Flax ‘24
It’s been a varied and diverse year for us growing. Many other commitments, personal situations and the weather, as well as already having a large amount of the Machynlleth crop of ‘23 still to deal with, meant we’ve not grown so much this year, but have some interesting results and lessons learned. Today 3 of…
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Flax to linen at St Fagan’s Nature Day
Saturday 29th June 11-3.30pm Join the Making n Mending club team in the Atrium at the National Museum St Fagan’s Celebration of Nature event, to see our flax plants being turned into linen yarn. Have a go yourself and make a cordage linen bracelet to keep. There will be lovely linen and fibre items for…
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Flax to Linen in action
We’ve had two lovely things happen this month… well there’s been lots of loveliness, but these are to share. Llieinwe Exhibition at Waterloo Tea shop, Whitchurch road Until June 5th We were offered the space in this lovely little local tea shop (also good coffee, lovely food and nice people). We have tried to show…
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Pulling, drying, retting the flax
Time has passed and the flax is in the Global Gardens greenhouse for the winter. We pulled it late – as it was planted late. As Simon from Flaxlands had told me, it didn’t go so yellow and continued to flower, as the light hours lessened to early summer length due to the late planting.…
