Growing 1 m² of FLAX and making a ripple (part 1)

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2 жыл бұрын

Flax or linseed is an amazing multipurpose plant. In this video I show how I grow a small patch of flax. We can follow along until the "retting", which is the first stage in the process of making fibers for thread/yarn or rope. I hope to continue with that entire process in a later videos.
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@andreacrashe9894 2 жыл бұрын

*Over a year of off and on filming all of this whole process and to put it all together as one video... is most impressive... can not wait for the next installment.*

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@peteraugust5295 2 жыл бұрын

One day I went to a heritage museum close to where I live. They had a flax field there and the equipment to process it. It was mostly for decorative purposes but I was playing around with it and got so hooked that I spent an entire day in that one barn, processing flax until I had a little over a meter of hand-made rope. processed from the field just outside the barn. I am a handyman, with experience in various crafts, but that experience changed my mind completely.

@torbjornahman Жыл бұрын

Cool!

@ScrewsAndTools 2 жыл бұрын

Of course you know what you're doing, but most of all I like your videos are episodes with your house and yard. Silence, plants, nature. You do your favorite thing and have fun. This is the most important thing. Big like!

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@Rouverius 2 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating. And I'm impressed to have watched a video that took you over a year to make. Thanks for sharing this.

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

:) Thanks!

@robertvanhoose2437 2 жыл бұрын

@@torbjornahman Eagerly awaiting the next process.

@OpusX2010X 2 жыл бұрын

I am convinced you could grow anything in that deep, rich, beautiful, topsoil. Thank you for making us all a part of the experience. Love all your videos.

@danoontjeh123 2 жыл бұрын

I am from a small town in the Netherlands that grew quite a lot because of the flax produced there. That's quite a long time ago though, I've never seen it but we have a few streets named after the several processes, which funnily enough sound similar to the english words.

@rimmersbryggeri 2 жыл бұрын

The angles/ saxons were pretty close to freisian so no big surprise there. These processes would have been established in continental europe long before germanic influence on the english language.

@krissteel4074 2 жыл бұрын

Might be time to plant a bigger crop for the Torbjorn Brand linseed oil :) Back when I lived out in cotton growing country here in Australia we called the de-seeding process 'Scutching' before it goes into the rollers to be broken down for fibre extraction. Not sure if that applies for flax but its a pretty cool little plant for what it provides

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

@kevinmartin7760 2 жыл бұрын

I've also heard the term "scutching" for removing the seeds from flax. Followed by retting, drying, breaking, hackling, and combing.

@duocmat5192 2 жыл бұрын

ThanK 👍♥️

@abittwisted Жыл бұрын

@@kevinmartin7760 Rippling is what it is called when you remove the seed pods from the flax plant. Scutching is when you take the fiber after it is broken and whack it with a wood knife against a flat board held upright to knock out more of the inner core of the flax plant to separate the fiber from the chaff or core. Sometimes called boon. It helps prepare the fiber for hackling which is the final step before spinning. I have been growing and harvesting, processing and spinning flax for 4 years now.

@Sodabowski 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, you successfully grew a pineapple in Sweden, amazing! 😳

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

Beginners luck....

@oscarthefuzz Жыл бұрын

How did it taste?

@torbjornahman Жыл бұрын

@@oscarthefuzz It was really good!

@howler6490 Жыл бұрын

Grand exposition on scythe usage... It's Not as easy as it looks...well done.

@verdatum Жыл бұрын

I would love to see both processing the fiber into linen, and processing the seedpods to seeds to cold-pressed linseed oil. I knew this vid would be good. I want more.

@whatever7338 Жыл бұрын

What exactly was good about this video? 20 mins of nothing than 15 seconds of using the comb. Literally waste of time. Just cause it took him a year to do it doesn't make it impressive.

@drewledbetter526 Жыл бұрын

"Whatever" Your a funny guy.

@kittykatfisher8397 2 ай бұрын

As a horticulturist and a weaver who grows and processes my own natural fibers into yarn.. I am quite saddened I do not live by you as we would be the best of friends. Tussen takk. Your videos are lovely ❤

@chrisp7563 Жыл бұрын

Among the other things you do - I also love the compost pile.

@GrumpyGustav 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect work and equally, or more, a perfect approach to everything - craftmenship, cultivation, creation, animals... - simply to the world. I take my hat off to you sir😎

@ihave13digits 2 жыл бұрын

I just harvested my first pineapple about a month ago, it was a painful wait, but rewarding. And to think you're in Sweden growing pineapple, do you paint your thumbs before recording, 'cause they're surely a vibrant shade of green. Great content, as always.

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

@moshesabag6004 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, i like your quiet and totally focused works and videos,Thank you.

@RobertFay 2 жыл бұрын

*- It is so much fun to watch you...you Farm/Plant the way my grandfather and father taught me to plant things...from working with a shovel, to the spade fork use, to the compost pile, to the spreading seeds, to thinning, to watering...{the green house we did not have}* *- Everything you do...the way you do the actions, the techniques, the body motion...* *- It is all so refreshing to see...and works because it works most easily.*

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you, thanks!

@andresalejandrodelarosadia9868 2 жыл бұрын

You Sr. are full of skill and surprises, thanks for sharing and god bless you and yours!

@cooldudewithcoolname9447 2 жыл бұрын

I love the gardening/greenhouse vids! I would love to see more of these!

@evanlane1690 Жыл бұрын

Same! They're great!

@wim-thys 2 жыл бұрын

always love seeing people cutting their grass with a scythe! 😍

@Max_Molotok 2 жыл бұрын

когда я начал смотреть видео этого дядьки, я думал,что это просто хороший кузнец.. Теперь я точно могу сказать, что он многосторонний талантливый человек. Мастер, отец и творец. Таких людей мало. Аплодирую ему стоя!

@torbjornahman Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@MacXimus2009 2 жыл бұрын

You've reminded me to harvest and ripple my own flax this week. Thanks for sharing!

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@mylittleparody2277 Жыл бұрын

Really nice! I tryied it too some years ago. The flax grew, and I could harvest it without problems. I kept the seeds to munch on and for future seeding, and tried to make linen out of it. But I didn't let it ret for long enough unfortunately, and I couldn't have any usable fibers. You made me want to try again this year! Thank you for posting your nice videos.

@reneehailey4462 Жыл бұрын

I never know whether to celebrate or cry when I see someone make things so simple. You are amazing!

@Tesserex 2 жыл бұрын

I remember commenting a long time ago that I thought you should try making your own linseed oil for finishing projects. Maybe you have enough seed to try it now?

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

This is a fiber flax, not the variety you use to make oil, but maybe the seeds are more or less the same when it comes to oil content?

@Madlintelf 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think so, that jug of linseed oil he uses has been around for many years. It's like it refills itself :)

@backyardsounds 2 жыл бұрын

@@torbjornahman I do believe so. You can get oil. Nutritious too!

@Rsama60 2 жыл бұрын

I was about to write the same comment, TA making his own oil.

@owendavies8227 2 жыл бұрын

The difference between oilseed and fiber flax varieties is how much the plants branch when growing. You want a single stem for making into fiber, but it's more productive when the plant has the opportunity to branch out more.

@iwantcheesypuffs Жыл бұрын

Excellent documentary of the process. Also very satisfying to see tools you have made in prior videos being put to use in this video. Well done!

@torbjornahman Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@brucek6563 2 жыл бұрын

You are amazing!! Not only are you a master blacksmith and woodworker, you have a green thumb too!!! This was a fascinating video! I am looking forward to seeing the next chapter!!

@SchysCraftCo. 2 жыл бұрын

Turned out very well there. Hopefully you get great use out of it my friend for many years to come. Cant wait to see more videos soon. Forge On. God Bless.

@spaaggetii Жыл бұрын

I remember picking Flax on runescape around 20 years ago. Those were the days. EDIT: You should make some bowstrings from the Flax.

@maxschmied104 2 жыл бұрын

God eftermiddag Thorbjörn! Som alltid, som för dig som Mästare! Hälsningar till dig från Moskva-regionen, vi tittar på dina videor med hela familjen!))

@DiesesFeldNichtBeschriften Жыл бұрын

7:30 What's the best thing about IKEA? - The free pencil!

@shanejones4513 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you use tools you've made in previous videos. bra gjort

@horatiohornblower868 2 жыл бұрын

Simply beautiful! Deep down we are all farmers like our ancestors were.

@baconweave5159 2 жыл бұрын

Started blacksmithing because of you. Just wanted to say thanks.

@torbjornahman Жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks, and good luck!

@JAERNSPOKET 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice, Torbjörn! I like these gardening videos very much. :)

@Sturmknecht Жыл бұрын

I'm most impressed with that homegrown pineapple... Chapeau!

@sufianosman692 2 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful thing is that all tools you are using are hand made by you. Very good work.

@sideeyes7480 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the gardening mixed in with the metal work

@sittingbull4570 2 жыл бұрын

Several videos like this, but longer please.

@ericperkins3078 2 жыл бұрын

I see the kids in linen shirts and frocks for Christmas!

@bjornsvalling1066 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating film! Thanks Torbjörn! The process of producing flax is so complicated and takes so long time, it is surpricing that people used to do it.

@bluecollarscholar2732 2 жыл бұрын

By far the best thing I’ll watch this day. Well done-thank you for this.

@karlos1008 2 жыл бұрын

I’m watching this on my work break. Exactly the kind of relaxing video I needed. Thanks as always, Tor!

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks Karl!

@andrewrobb633 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully filmed as always. So relaxing and inspiring to watch.

@JeffGloverArts 2 жыл бұрын

I want to be your neighbor! This is terrific!! Thanks for sharing with us!

@sennest 2 жыл бұрын

Torbjörn!! 😎👍👍 What a coincidence, or Fortuna. I've been researching harvesting flax for linen for about a year with minimal information available. Started to look into using stinging nettle for cordage and bast cloth - where it live we have lots of it. I can't wait to see the conclusion🙏✨🙏✨. Thank you so much!! Keep rocking these amazing projects of yours!

@eddierodriguez419 2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME VIDEO 👍🏼👍🏼 !!! Can't wait for the continuation of this one 🙏🏼🙏🏼... Thank u for sharing w us 😀

@lacitorok1816 2 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to the sequel.

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

:) Me too

@thebabylon2933 2 жыл бұрын

All of your works are wonderful

@paulanderson1915 Жыл бұрын

Sir. You are a most industrious and clever fellow!

@tommybigsexy676 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your videos. You Sir are a Master Jack of ALL trades.. I love your property too. Very Nice. Take Care

@torbjornahman Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@ademdogan7213 2 жыл бұрын

J'aime beaucoup ce genre de contenus c'est super relaxant merci.

@airforce9872 2 жыл бұрын

its a good thing you have such a patient yard supervisor, otherwise you'd never get any work done! haha

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

He he

@shufflythedog Жыл бұрын

Wow, not only did you grow a sqm of flax, but also a pineapple!! Most impressive - as always. Thanks so much for sharing, and I'm very excited for the next instalment !

@mounir101 2 жыл бұрын

So glad to see you again. Torbjörn Åhman.

@thecreativecraftingtable8658 2 жыл бұрын

Good evening Torbjörn! This is a wonderful video and you never cease to amaze me with your knowledge and with the fact that you recorded material for more than a year for this video. Can’t wait for your next video. 😁 Thank you and have a nice evening! 🙂

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@summer6u 2 жыл бұрын

Hunny when I say u are the definition of self sufficient

@yeagerxp 2 жыл бұрын

Good work 👍👍👍 . Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦

@GrahamFreer 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting looking forward to the continuation, thank you for your hard work.👍

@texomatinker414 2 жыл бұрын

Love the scythe! Wish I was more proficient at using one. Waiting for the rest of the story!

@stephweasenforth7891 Жыл бұрын

It’s always amazing to see your videos, but even more spectacular whenever a cat or plants are featured, simply because it’s amazing to see someone so accustomed to working with strong steel have such a gentle disposition towards nature and animals. Please keep up the amazing work.

@torbjornahman Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@brudum Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing the video with great content, wish you always happy and have a lot of strength and success in your work!!

@paulwomack5866 2 жыл бұрын

Coincidence! I've been looking into making thread and cordage from stinging nettle fibre, which is a very similar process, at least once you've got the crop!

@manfredkewerkopf1236 2 жыл бұрын

Nice creative way to develop a project, in blacksmithing and gardening, very enjoyable

@torbjornahman Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@skipthoming6241 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you “Thunder Bear” for all the great content .😄

@gefginn3699 2 жыл бұрын

Great post my friend. I always enjoy tuning into your newest post. Stay strong, free and healthy ✨️

@lewisatlas4284 2 жыл бұрын

This project is really great 👍 thanks

@weekendstuff 2 жыл бұрын

Really nice video. From seeds to seeds. With all the precessing. Thanks for sharing. Weekend Stuff

@chrischerry2787 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful garden you have! We don't have significant seasonal changes here in Queensland, Australia so I don't experience the spring growth & blooms we had when living in New Zealand.

@domainehashtag1716 2 жыл бұрын

I make the same system in a box with handle for current ( the small red fruit in your video ) it amazing

@stingingmetal9648 Жыл бұрын

He should angle the device.

@Yeti4mad Жыл бұрын

I first understood this as "growing 1 m² of flax and making a the money equivalent of one ripple in cash from selling the flax". Good thing i watched the whole video :)

@torbjornahman Жыл бұрын

@luizcarloscalsavara527 Жыл бұрын

TA, I see that in your videos, in addition to showing your profession, there is a care with the poetry of filming. Is it yourself that cares about it or is there a team behind it? abs. from Brazil.

@torbjornahman Жыл бұрын

I do everything myself!

@jris 2 жыл бұрын

Forget Thor, Tor is looking shredded! All that harvesting is really packing on the muscle I think. Great video buddy, hope all is well with you and the family.

@stingingmetal9648 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, I found a patch of blue flax while foraging. So I collected a ton of seeds.

@kentcostello5286 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching your videos you show somuch old school tools & how there made please 🙏 keep it up and going.

@gramursowanfaborden5820 2 жыл бұрын

i had no idea it was a dicot, i thought it was a kind of grass, very interesting.

@harryvanniekerk7269 2 жыл бұрын

Most interesting! Looking forward to your next video😀

@sergiobortolotti8870 2 жыл бұрын

Abstinencia tenía de ver un muy buen trabajo!!! Mil gracias

@Mikey__Mike 2 жыл бұрын

Wow…awesome. So simple but so satisfying :)

@gerardomunoz4687 2 жыл бұрын

what a good and pleasant life you lead, watching this video was very relaxing for me, I think my blood pressure dropped to normal levels, thank you.

@qshed 2 жыл бұрын

Eagerly awaiting the next episodes We are going to make some rope so we can drag the mill stone from the quarry and then start making our own oil

@Einherjar_17 Жыл бұрын

Beatifull vídeo and process edting, excelent tool and work, thanks for sharing.

@Khether0001 2 жыл бұрын

So happy to see another of your videos!!! =) Thank you for posting!!!

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Khether!

@angrybearironworks3233 2 жыл бұрын

I am truly envious of your green thumb. I kill just about everything I try to grow

@trollforge 2 жыл бұрын

Simply flaxcinating!

@zibobpompon5768 2 жыл бұрын

Très reposant a voir et ça me donne des idées !!!

@user-cg9oh4uw9c 2 жыл бұрын

Очень интересно! Спасибо за видео! Ждём продолжение!!!

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jfleser88 Жыл бұрын

Nice property. Keep up the good videos!

@rondavis191 2 жыл бұрын

nice, i enjoy watching your forays in the yard, Ron

@theessexhunter1305 2 жыл бұрын

have a go at platting the stems...I showed some farmers sons how to make rope very strong

@vincegordon6830 Жыл бұрын

🤩 nicely done!

@CrowingHen Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed watching you make the ripple. Thank you for sharing. Looks like you've got the spacing just right. Mine is two rows further apart, but staggered and it doesn't work as well as yours. The pineapple looks delicious. I have pineapple envy.

@adretube Жыл бұрын

17:10 That knife! Loved it!

@user-qo2sw5rp2e 2 жыл бұрын

После освоения работы со льном, следующий шаг заготовка липового лыка и плетение лаптей!😁Ждём продолжение!👍🤝

@gtbkts 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the awesome content!!

@paolodecorato651 2 жыл бұрын

Spettacolare carissimo, un attrezzo utilissimo per chi vive in mezzo alla natura, un forte abbraccio!

@Lynx86 2 жыл бұрын

Nu ska vi skörda linet i dag, häckla det väl och spinna det bra. Se'n ska' vi sömma skjorta och kjol, svänga oss gladt i dansen. Dunk dunk dunk, dunk dunk dunk: väfstolen slår, spolen den går. Dunk dunk dunk, dunk dunk dunk. Svänga oss gladt i dansen. så kul att se dig så aktiv i gamla hantverk. Keep it up Torbjörn

@reeceduggan6749 2 жыл бұрын

amazing :) very relaxing to watch love your videos.

@weicheisen9999 2 жыл бұрын

Now we must watch the next part. But it's allways great to watch you ! Thumbs up !

@tracktain9492 Жыл бұрын

wonderful work and lovely editing! hope to see how the seeds get separated from the rippled buds : )

@MustafaKhan-gl7dc Жыл бұрын

Amazing work

@petercowell2051 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Torbjörn that was a great video. I have never seen rippling before and always thought retting took place in a 'pond' . Chuckled at the size of your pineapple but then I live in Queensland Australia. Looking forward to the next part.

@torbjornahman 2 жыл бұрын

Retting can be done on land or in water. Ha ha, yes it was rather small compared to the real deal, but very tasty nevertheless.