For years, I avoided weaving with linen, and when I finally tried it, yep. It's hard. So hard that I sent my loom to a friend's house to finish off the weaving, and even she had trouble.
I've gotten to know linen a bit since then, and here is basically the video I wish I had watched when I was a new weaver. How to make weaving with linen easy.
Distaffs (or distaves) are used for all sorts of different fibres. It's basically a third hand that holds the fibre while our other hands are busy spinning it into yarn.
Distaff Day is on the 7th of January and is the most important holiday in the spinner's calendar. Well, I say holiday, but it's actually the back-to-work day but we do it with great fun.
This year, I dressed distaves in flax fibre for spinning linen yarn.
Here's a free PDF guide on dressing a distaff with linen fibre.
Last year I did the same with wool
Now, how do I up my game for next year? Anything about distaves you wanted to know?
