Re Hackle Your Flax

This is to show you about opening up your purchased flax. You take your bundles and shake them out to open and loosen them up but you still need to run them through your hackle comb to remove any new tangles from being tightly bundled for awhile. Depending on how well your original flax was combed out will determine your extra tow content you get out. I tend to hackle mine very well but even with that I have to re-hackle the bundles right before I hang them on my distaff. You will remove more tow and if you over comb you could just ruin your bundle. Not something you want to do. So wrap one end around your fingers before you pull your fibers through your comb/hackle. That will help keep the nice long fibers intact and not get pulled out. You will need a good grip. Get the fibers down into the hackle then comb them out a little at a time and work your way down the bundle. Then flip the bundle and do the same on the other side. Hang and spin.