Flax

Flax

Class	Material
Weight	0.2
Fresh	7 days
Location	-
Spawn ID	`/additem Base.Flax`

Flax is a freshly harvested fibre plant. It is grown for its fibre, which ends up as Thread and Twine.

Flax takes the longest road of any plant fibre. It is dried, rippled on a Ripple Comb, scutched on a Scutching Board and heckled on a Heckle Comb. The heckled flax is then spun into Thread on a Spinning Wheel. The rough leftover, Flax Tow, makes Twine.

Flax is grown on a farm plot from Flax Seeds. A harvest gives two to four bundles per plant. The Carpenter is the best occupation for materials. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. For Welding, the Welder starts strongest.

Uses

Fresh flax must dry first. It is dried on a large drying rack and becomes Flax (Dried). Drying is always the first step after harvest.

The Ripple Flax recipe comes next at a Ripple Comb. It strips the seed heads and gives Flax (Rippled) and Flax Seeds. Those seeds go straight back into the next crop.

The Scutch Fibre recipe works the rippled flax on a Scutching Board. A fibre breaking tool and a dull knife are needed and kept. The result is Flax (Scutched).

The Heckle Flax recipe combs scutched flax on a Heckle Comb. It gives Flax (Heckled) and a piece of Flax Tow. The Spin Thread from Flax recipe turns heckled flax into Thread at a Spinning Wheel. Craft Twine turns Flax Tow into Twine.

Thread from flax is the main reason to grow it. It gives a sewing supply to a settlement that keeps no sheep for wool.

How to Get Flax

Flax grows from Flax Seeds on a farm plot. Sowing runs from August to October, and September is the best month. June and July are bad months for it. A crop takes eighteen days to grow. Each plant gives two to four Flax at harvest.

Notes

Fresh flax stays fresh for a week and rots after two, so it should go on the drying rack quickly.
Rippling gives back Flax Seeds for the next sowing.
Flax is the plant fibre that becomes Thread.
Flax Tow from heckling is a free Twine supply.

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