I'm not sure what variety I have in the front yard, but it has blue flowers, self-propagates freely, and comes back every year after Colorado winters. Sarajane
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a grass cut when you are pulling weeds and they slice right through the skin. I will be sure to wear gloves. lol
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I came across this thread when I was searching the net for something else.
I'm in NZ & am planning on taking some flax weaving classes in March. As I understand it, just about any flax will do but different flaxes have different strengths & are better for different uses.
If nothing else, it'll be a great way for me to keep our flax down a bit because we (stupidly) planted quite a bit in our garden & it has grown really tall...
-Epiphany
LOL I hope you have plenty of tools and time. Flax is about as labor-intensive a fiber as you can imagine (wildly)! It's a blast to handspin, though. But it will be quite a while before your loom sees your homegrown, sad to say.
One weaving tip, when the day comes. Keep a sprayer bottle handy, with purified water. Linen weaves much better with a damp warp (otherwise you'll have snapping threads everywhere).
KarenK (recovering fiberholic)
It's not linen making - flax is traditionally used by Maori as a fibre in it's own right. I think it's boiled (& sometimes coloured) but otherwise left in it's natural state. Different types of flax have different softness or robustness, so some varieties are more suitable for weaving into garments whilst others are better for bags (kete), etc.
Trust me - much easier on the hands than trying to make linen :)
-epiphany
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