What is retting? Breaking? Scutching? Hackling? No, not terms from a horror movie, but some of the many stages flax goes through as it’s turned into linen! 

 We couldn’t find a source that succinctly described all the different aspects of flax fiber and linen production and processing, so we developed one ourselves! Check out our new “NALA Flax/Linen Definitions” on our Announcements page (and in “Member Resources Library” for members)!