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breaks the outer fiber of the flax stem into small pieces.
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brake. Scutching removes most of the outer fiber or hull of
the flax plant.
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rewarding.
“It’s fun. Every time you get
fiber coming out of the plant, they
(observers) say, ‘Wow’.” Nom
hold brakes flax for Heritage Day.
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Scutching, or striking the flax
with a wooden scutching knife
while held against an upright
board, is done after the flax has
been broken. This step removes
much of the woody husks from the
fiber. The remaining outer fiber,
according to Nomhold, is removed
by hackling or combing the fibers.
Flax hackles were boards, ap
proximately three or four inches
wide by a foot in length, set with a
bed of 3-inch iron spikes. The flax
fiber was pulled through
progressively finer hackles until
all excess fiber had been removed.
At this point the strands of fiber
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called tow, which looked much like
blonde human hair, were twisted
into a “strick” to be stored. The
strick, like wool, was spun into
yam and woven on looms into
cloth.
The advent of the cotton gin in
1793, Nomhold reports, marked the
beginning of the end for flax
culture since after that time cotton
goods could be purchased cheaply.
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But today, he observes, words like
flaxen haired, tow head and
scutching, with which children are
still occasionally threatened, live
on in our language as reminders of
another era.
Flax culture demonstrated by
Nomhold and other aspects of
colonial culture may be seen at the
Hower-Slote House during
Heritage Days in early October.
market lambs at various stages of
growth.
The Shepherds Club is planning a
field trip to Belmont Ridge near
Gettysburg to see the prize
winning Merino and Shropshire
flocks of Charles and Barbara
Platt. The trip is tentatively
scheduled for April 26.
Refreshments were served after
the meeting.
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April 28 at the Extension building.
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