Big Book of Flax A Compendium of Facts, Art, Lore, Projects, and Song

Name: Big Book of Flax A Compendium of Facts, Art, Lore, Projects, and Song
Price: 48.47 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780764337154

ISBN-10: 0764337157

ISBN-13: 9780764337154

Edition: 2011

Authors: Christian and Johannes Zinzendorf, Johannes Zinzendorf

List price: $59.99

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Buy used: $48.47

Marketplace

2 new & used from $63.32

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Learn the fascinating story of the flax to linen process in history, legend, song, crafts, lesson plans, and recipes. With 414 images, this comprehensive book dates back thousands of years, from how flax was cultivated in the Middle East and Europe, its beginnings in America, to its use in the twenty-first century. Guidelines for planting, harvesting, breaking, spinning, weaving, and other processes provided. If you're a collector, flax tools, spinning wheels, and flax-made antique fabrics and linen make great collectibles. Make a rope bed, a linseed oil lamp, and even bake buttermilk biscuits with flaxseed. Discover the many great uses of this plant and the role it played throughout the…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 5/16/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 9.00" wide x 12.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.850
Language: English

Christian and Johannes Zinzendorf have grown and processed flax since 1983 and have demonstrated the Colonial flax process at festivals and museums. They live in Central Pennsylvania.