Year 4 took part in an exciting workshop demonstrating how linen is produced. Starting from flax as a raw material, the children had to break, scutch, heckle and spin to create yarn ready for weaving.
Lovely Linen!
Year 4 took part in an exciting workshop demonstrating how linen is produced. Starting from flax as a raw material, the children had to break, scutch, heckle and spin to create yarn ready for weaving.
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