That is lovely! Thank you for sharing your experience. 🌸

Exactly my thought :)

Can you do this with wool as well or is it wound onto a distaff differently? I have grown some flax and will process it this spring as the equipment is being made. I saw someone in another video on the floor doing this same thing, but your way looks much more comfortable. My knees do not much like the floor anymore.

@@barbararickman8543 The wool would be dressed on the distaff differently. I hand-card batts and put them next to each other, slightly overlapping and in two or three layers. Then I roll them onto the distaff so that the direction of the fibers are perpendicular to the direction of the distaff.

Had the same thought. :)

Me too...here in Africa.

I so agree. Forgotten knowledge is a sad thing.

Truth!

Petersilie Krause Danke!

Nah... I am 66 and believe me, you'll have other great discoveries, and I still expect the same for me!

Grow the flax, harvest, process and spin into thread. Weave into cloth, sell the cloth for gold. That is how you spin straw into gold.

It is ironic that you're taught all these fairy tales when you're young and when you get old you appreciate them what they really are

Have a look at Jon solos videos about fairytales. So interesting. You'll learn a lot more.

VitaLux IUC Thank you! 🌸

Thank you! 😊

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you Debbie, that means a lot to me.

Thank you for this constructive feedback! :D

I also have flax that I got almost 8 years ago and may try your method. Just now getting to learn how to weave flax. Grew some last year but it needs processing.

Yes! 😊

Or carpal tunnel.

Yes, do it! 😊

Yes, we have so much to learn!

Thank you! :)

What fiber are you spinning? I have some Indian hemp (dogbane) growing in my backyard, and I'm thinking of attempting to spin some of its stalks this winter. But I also have some brown flax seeds in my kitchen that were destined for smoothies... now I'm thinking they may be destined for my garden next spring instead!

Thank you, I’m glad I could help 😊

Spinning usually does that to me 😊

Lovely!

Yes, yes and yes!

Joyce Jones Thank you! 😀

Алена Чеботарева don’t do it to sheep sheep hurts

BLACK DOG . Thank you! 😊

No I should be thanking you two for keeping it Alive , there’s like a wave of this I don’t care about anything but my cell phone or I deleted my messages al bongkers !..I seen the brake down in Familia values and it’s a shame. I think of the times my grandmother quilted , caned her fruit ,peaches , jams , and other things that would make my life simpler ,, i deed ,, I wished I paid more attention but there is all way the Firefox series of Books It helped a great deal , it sit there and think back to the days of cool mornings with my Coffee, or my earl gray tea ,, or a breakfast bag of some good ole Zingger,....I meant what I said if you don’t take the time and sit there and listen to the stories ,,,of ole , sweet a du, ,, and top of the morning to ya!,,,,..Black Dog Down....cheers

Thank you! 😊

Do it! :)

D K Thank you! 😀

I thought so too! It looked like she was making the background music 😂

@@bpcj4891 Yup, that's me, the spinning guitarist.

I thought that too

I've heard that too :)

Thank you! 🌸

Thank you! 🌸

Thank you! 😊

Dave Todd Thank you! 😀

Thank you! Spinning does bring me balance.

@@josefinwaltin Spinning is a meditation and very creative process. Thank you for your response and shearing the video.

Thank you! 😊

Rose Hubbard Thank you! 😊

Thanks so much for sharing Inez Arnetta

Gemology for Schmucks Thank you! 😊

Thank you! 🌸

Is it possible to use the drop spindle on flax as one would with wool?

Do it! 😊

@@mariannacoleman3432 Try and see how you like it. I prefer a hand held spindle when I use a distaff (which I need with flax), but if you spin tow for example you could definitely use a suspended spindle.

Thank you and happy spinning!

Sara Yost Thank you! 🌸

patience :-) - therefore you also had some appreciation of this clothing you had..

People were always doing something constructive. I'm old enough to remember ''Hope Chests'', where young women would start very early in life making soft furnishings, clothes, etc. for when they set up house after marriage.

In the days when all things were done by people, that was what you concentrated on. No TV, computer, iPhones and such to take up valuable work time. EVERYONE worked, including children as soon as they could walk and talk. Noone was without a duty or a task. So LOTS of work got done and done well at that. Would that we were as industrious.

Makes one feel rich...even in 3rd world Africa!

I can see if you were a noble how the common man would envy you. He would know how much work went into making the things you took for granted.

go figure Thank you! 😊

Lovely! 🌸

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Acroballistics Glad I could help! 🌸

Jennifer Jones-Paull Thank you! 😊

Thank you!

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

@@josefinwaltin I've just shared it with my friends on Dreamwidth, along with a video on growing, retting and schutching flax.

Mary Kate McTeigue Thank you! 😊

Cannot open funnelcake Thank you!

Thank you! 😊

Thank you! :D

3,000 b.c. Archeologists discovered evidence that flax was cultivated in ancient Babylon as early as 3,000 b.c. Today, in Europe and Asia, a tall variety of flax is grown primarily for its fibers, which are used to make linen.

William Mitchell I’m not sure patience is gender specific. I think it has more to do with social order. Girls were taught to do domestic and textile work at a very early age. I see no reason why a man can’t be a skilled spinner.

Thank you!

By turning the spindle and drafting the fibers I insert twist in the fibers and align them in a yarn. By wetting the fibers in the drafting I activate the flax fibers’ own ”glue” which help the yarn stay balanced and not untwist itself.

There is! 😊

Something tells me history is one of your favorite subjects. However, I think you realize that, in fact, life at the level of the spinning (and shepherding too why not?) young women of yore was probably not as gentle a pace for them. You'd agree those poor souls had more to do and spinning was among the activities AT REST. You are right about the "no telly" part - at least their day's program did not change every half-hour and you were used to wait for things to happen before you could do or get whatever you wanted (in the sense of "needed").

You should watch the anime Dr Stone it shows just that.

Panda Clears Thank you. I hope you liked the content of the video too.

I agree with you Panda, as I watched the video, I was struck by the lovely expression on her face as she spun. When I scrolled thru the comments I was pleased that someone else noticed it as well.

Yeah, it would make a fantastic ASMR video... :o)

@@Wilkersonw1 It's a harmony. She is really beautiful blessed Artist.

It’s an amazing fiber!

Katie Pole Thank you! I have an experimental flax patch and after four years I think my flax is actually spinnable. Good luck! 😊

That's amazing, and thank you!!

Am Pm309 Thank you!

Renee Williams Thank you! 😊

Yes I do 😊

Svetlana kotenko-forte Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!

TAC W Thank you!

Steppi B. Thank you! 😊