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#scandinavian cottage#white and natural#cottagecharm#pillows#flax and linen#cream colours#vintage#vintage living
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So I'm trying to make folk linen pants from sowing to sewing.
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It's been about 60 days since sowing (it's 22nd of June). It's looking so pretty and started blooming about 55th day. I've been watering it one or two wheelbarrows of every 2 weeks, which I thought would be too little but it's growing pretty good. It's still not that high (about over the knee) and I doubt it'll get much higher sadly. That means lower grade of fibers but whatever. It'll be fine.
Every now and again there are parts laying down and I've been seeing some hares running about so they probably hide in it tramping down the plants. But it gets up no problem so all good. Maybe next time I'll put up a little fence around it.
Also idk when should I harvest it bc all the info is about oil flax, not textile flax, and even then it's contradictory sometimes. But either way it's around 100-120th day, so we're still only halfway.
Next up I need to start thinking about scuthing it, and it requires some equipment. But it's easy enough to build on my own probably. It should be something like this flax-brake:
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So yeah, that's the plans for the near future. Here's a bonus flax video if you stayed till the end ❤️
#mine#flax#linen#cottagecore#light academia#goblincore#farmcore#farming#gardening#folk#stroje ludowe#ludowe#len#earth to garment#sowing to sewing#fiber art#fiber crafts#textiles#textile art
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So... I finally took a drop spindle spinning class after going back and forth about it for weeks.
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The white yarn's what I spun in class. It's pretty lumpy, but it's got personality. I had a bunch of wool left over, so of course it got dyed a fun color the second I got home. In the meantime I watched a ton of spinning videos, which seemed to magically enable me to spin a finer yarn on my second attempt. Watching other people work really makes things click into place!
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Here they are freshly plied! The difference between them is wild (to me). I have no idea what to use them for, but that probably won't stop me from making more.
#next I have to learn how to shear a sheep and process wool... 😬#or even... grow flax for the processing nightmare that is making linen#my work#handspinning#spinning
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Woman grows flax and makes linen from it!
(I was crying every time she complained about flax not growing in 3 months as it was expected, she planted it in late summer instead of early spring and expected it to grow in December T_T)
#flax#linen#making linen#growing your own clothing#this was such a fun and educational video for me#making of textiles#understanding how textiles are made#weaving#spinning#Youtube
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More handspun linen blanket work. Feels super nice, even though theres lots of, idk what it would be called but bits of undesirable vm that ought to have been threshed out. When im finished ill give it multiple good beatings and thrashings that should soften it up, and then im hoping to dye it with some oregon grapes.
I actually have a whole ton of dyestuff ive been collecting in the freezer that i need to turn into dye, bc im moving very soon and i dont want to be bringing bags of frozen berries and pits and peels with me.
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Also gonna go harvest this in a minute--its a horrifically overgrown patch of oregano, and i read a few days ago that you can get a dark, almost black dye out of the dried stems. And i dont even like oregano as a spice, so... just gonna get the stems.
#not sure what im gonna do about all my plants in the ground....#digging up the sorrel and the thyme for sure#the lavender might just be too big and the bees love it so much#so i might have to leave it which depresses me deeply#whoever lives here next can have the fuckin oregano tho. my god. grew like mad#knitting#handspun yarn#gardening#natural dyeing#linen#flax spinning
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Guuueeeesss we're going to try spinning flax.
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After some not so great bits I think I am getting the hang of the different type of drafting required.
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#i also spilt my water and decided there was too much in the bowl#so that was fun#flax#spinning#spinning wheel#spinning flax#spinning linen
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What's a long-lasting fabric that's also good for living in a hot, humid swamp? Like every day is 32 C, 100% humidity (90 F).
Linen!!!
Ok so I'm born and raised in NC in the south eastern US, also a hot humid swamp in the summers (85-95F and more often than not 80-100% humidity). Loose flowy linen clothing is my go-to. It breathes well (vital in humid climates) and good quality 100% linen lasts a long time. The only thing it doesn't do is the "instant wicking and then instant drying" (like workout clothes) but it does okay in that dept and dries quickly once hung up.
I'm always about supporting local small businesses, so check around your area for seamstresses or small shops first. In lieu of that I've had good luck on Etsy searching 100% linen [dress, pants, etc] and filtering for 'ships from [insert your home country]'.
Full disclosure, you will pay more for a handmade 100% linen garment than polyester spandex fast fashion. That said, I have 4 linen dresses and skirts I saved for over the past several years. Not only do I find myself wearing them way more than my other clothes, but they also look basically brand new after years of regular wear. It's an investment, but in my experience it's worth it.
(Obv everyone is not in a financial position to buy new. Places like poshmark etc are great for finding quality linen second hand at a much lower price, and you're reusing, which is always good!)
#Linen is a miracle fabric change my mind#I will fully admit I am obsessed#And because it's made from flax it can be produced sustainably#And it's vegan if that's a concern for you#The main reason I want to learn to sew is to make linen summer clothes#Textiles#slow fashion#linen#linen clothing#sustainability#sustainable fashion
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Just as a quick aside before I get started: I'm a slut for linen. I've been super into linen clothing for a few years now and I honestly think linen is the best sustainable fabric. THAT BEING SAID. A lot of linen clothing is expensive??? Like stupid expensive. You can find it cheaper on poshmark and other similar sites, but the plus side of ordering through them is that you can customize it (I never have, but the option's there).
Anyway here's the source shops:
The Maybe Collection One of the few linen stores I've found that is manufactured in the states. I recently discovered their stuff and I'm stoked to find a states-side option.
VIKOLINO Another US-made linen company from my home state, Jersayyyy. I love that one of the models is totally their mom. And their kids clothes are cute.
NotPERFECTLINEN For me this brand is the epitome of linen clothing. Gorgeous cuts that manage to skip over frumpy with lots of variety. Lithuanian-made with a focus on sustainability.
Leka Design I unexpectedly discovered this shop while visiting friends in Victoria, BC. Entering their workshop was like being greeted by old friends (insert joke about friendly Canadians) and while not all their clothes are linen, a lot are, and they're beautiful.
Tsiomi Kids Ukranian linen (and cotton) clothes maker that makes really cute kids clothes for your instagram-worthy family photo shoots. Their adult clothing has the same vibes as Sonderflor.
Linen ID Studio Another Lithuanian linen shop with those cottage-core vibes everyone's looking for, but with a more modern flare. I'm lusting after several of their blouses.
FLAX Can't have a linen shop list without FLAX. They're old school, and while I'm not exactly sure if they're considered "slow fashion", they're sustainably sourced and can be a lot more affordable, especially second hand.
#I have so many more recs but this will hopefully get you started#linen#linen clothing#sustainable fashion#sustainable#slow fashion#women-owned#women owned business#fasion#cottage core#minimalist#the maybe collection#vikolino#notperfectlinen#leka design#tsiomi kids#linenID#FLAX#can I be honest in the tags?#I really want to try and buy as locally as possible#but like#the US shops' stuff just isn't as cute as a European ones#I had to plug them#but I do not covet their wares like I do notPERFECTLINEN or linenID#I find that the US stores veer on the side of langenlook retiree art teacher vibe which like#can work sometimes#and you can make it your own#but I'm also a modern woman yo#I ain't THAT old yet
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Wet spinning flax on a drizzly weekend
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Just harvested the last of my test flax from my raised bed a week or so ago; now dew retting. Isn’t it lovely? BTW, the raised bed also has 2 year old asparagus so we are hoping to have some next spring.
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#flax#dew retting#flax to linen#beauty in nature#circular design model#sustainability#new hampshire history
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Rayon is insane to me. Yeah these clothes are made out of wood
#fiber craft#rayon#Generally any plant based fiber beyond cotton is crazy#You mean to tell me this linen is flax? Like the grain??#You pulled apart the individual STRANDS keeping this plant together and then WOVE THEM INTO SOMETHING ELSE#I'm sorry I didn't realize we had ALCHEMY
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FLAX. IS. PLANTED.
Dedicated a whole entire 16 square foot plot to it this year so wish me luck that I actually get a good harvest instead of like. Two whole plants lol
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So I'm trying to make folk linen pants from sowing to sewing (here's the journey so far)
Throwback to 53rd day (8th of june) when I found some paths made by an animal, probably hares or cats
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But it got straight by the evening and was looking as pretty as always
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#mine#flax#linen#cottagecore#farmcore#farming#gardening#stroje ludowe#ludowe#len#earth to garment#sowing to sewing#goblincore#folk#slavic
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Having thoughts about linen (flax) farming. Less environmental impact than cotton, naturally cooling fabric, and can be grown in a wider variety of climates. Is it a realistic goal? Probably not, but the thought remains.
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blog post i think is right up your alley (she grew her own flax to spin into linen yarn): https://waltin.se/josefinwaltinspinner/flax-retting-success/
Yeah it is up my alley! Thank you :D I love flax and one day I will spin it!
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Finally making a start on the handspun linen summer blanket (just a big garter stitch rectangle that so far I've only knit out of cotton. The gaps allow free air flow so it adds no additional warmth, but it's still quite heavy and feels like an actual blanket). Of course, still spinning the linen for it. I'm currently on skein #2... definitely will need to spin quite a bit more. I do also have a failed project that used a skein or two of this stuff that I cam unravel though, so that might help.
The little skein is what I just finished up today. Didn't feel like fighting with my wheel to ply a full bobbin--by about 2/3 full it's too heavy to treadle if wetspun, and must be turned by hand. And my wheel's center of gravity was definitely not made with that in mind. Might do exclusively mini skeins of linen in the future, its definitely less annoying.
#spinning#handspun yarn#knitting#flax spinning#linen#knit blanket#summer blanket#flax#my hands are like. already messed up from spinning just that skein really slowly#have been knitting intermittently which messes up the same fingers so im sure that doesnt help#bc its currently pretty rough. ow though
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