I am twining flax to make a loop and twist string bag. My source fiber was a strict of hackled flax: a bundle of long flax fibers. I should have spread the bundle out to make it easier to select a few fibers and pull them free without creating an unholy snarled mess. I’m learning.

To recover what I could, I combed the tangle with my wool combs (I don’t have a hackle, yet.) This exposed the untangled fibers so I draw them from the comb and keep twining.

I found another bundle of flax in my fiber stash, and am going to continue making my bag bigger, but will be more careful pulling the long line flax from the next strict.