Paradise Fibers UnDyed Flax/Linen Top - Natural

Beautiful fiber, fast shipping, well packed.

I love this stuff!

This was a lot easier to spin than I expected it to be. It was long like wool but overspins easily like cotton, but if you can find the right combo of twists without over doing it, it's perfect and so strong I can't break it with my 2 hands! I don't have a distaff on my wheel, it's just the Ashford Joy. I loved spinning it so much I started with 1lb but went back for 4 more lbs while it was on sale at mother's day weekend. I knitted a sample with a 3 ply I made and it was much softer than I expected it to be. I have been spinning 2 ply and have a 4 yard warp on my loom. It's so close to being done but I need to spin a bit more weft to finish up my towels and cut them off and then I can wash them and use them and see how it really performs, esp over a length of time. I expect they will be really nice! It's weaving up really nicely! I also dyed it with cotton dye and so far it's holding the color really well!! One last thought, when I spin and ply the flax, it tends to curl back on itself quite a bit because I probably put too much twist into it, but as soon as I get it wet, it sets it and balances it out perfectly and it's a really nice yarn all washed up. I recommend being brave and trying something new if you haven't tried spinning flax yet!

Interesting to spin

Definitely has a learning curve. Very different from wool and other fibers. Nice that it is in roving for so a distaff is not really needed.