{"id":194,"date":"2017-09-05T16:11:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T16:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/?p=194"},"modified":"2017-09-07T16:54:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T16:54:27","slug":"school-children-and-spinning-flax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"School children and spinning flax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I responded to an online post that was looking for someone who could spin flax into linen for a London school visit, I thought for a moment and decided I&#8217;d follow it up. I had done some flax work a few years ago,, mainly to make bookbinding thread, but rather left it behind when wool work took over much of my time. I&#8217;m generally happy demonstrating in front of people and \u00a0I figured that I wouldn&#8217;t get picked as there was bound to be many others \u00a0more experienced than I. Much to \u00a0my surprise and delight I received a very \u00a0positive email, as several exchanges we met up to discuss the details. It was to visit 8 different primary schools in East London , talking and demonstrating about flax and \u00a0showing how to spin, it might have been because I use drop spindles that I was picked! The project is one which has been running for a few years enabling school children to grow \u00a0vegetables in the school garden, which they tend \u00a0and ultimately enjoy a meal or two from their labours, a thoroughly worthwhile project which was developed into growing and processing flax as well : which is where I come in.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working on getting a selection of teaching materials together to show the various stages of the process of spinning.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-196 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3707-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3707-001.jpg 800w, http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3707-001-300x278.jpg 300w, http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3707-001-768x710.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">spinning in progress, with both bleached and unbleached flax, on top whorl spindles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I know that there is only enough time to introduce it to the children, and barely enough time to let them have a play as well, but if I have enough samples they will, hopefully, \u00a0have an idea of how fascinating the whole spinning process is.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-195\" src=\"http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3713-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3713-001.jpg 720w, http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3713-001-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hand made wooden spindles, all traditional styles made from sticks and twigs, a few stones and even a potato&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ll take a few of these spindles as well, jut to show that no magical equipment is needed, in fact the simple things are often best.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-203\" src=\"http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3717.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3717.jpg 800w, http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3717-300x171.jpg 300w, http:\/\/paulhenrykilts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MG_3717-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from ultra fine singles to heavy 4 ply yarn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m not entirely sure what we will end up , but I thought it would be a good idea to have a few samples available so that they can see that a whole range of threads are possible, and suited for lots of different jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I responded to an online post that was looking for someone who could spin flax into linen for a London school visit, I thought for a moment and decided I&#8217;d follow it up. 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