Flax Processing and Demonstration
Hand process flax with us in the beautiful and historic Wyck house! This is great way to watch in real time how flax goes from plant to spinnable fiber.
2025 Pasa Sustainable Agriculture Conference
Learn about the movement to reimagine the flax-for-linen industry in Pennsylvania and how you can add fiber flax into rotation on your farm!
PA Flax will talk about how to grow and process flax: The economics of the crop, and how our cooperative business model benefits farmers. The session will finish with a demonstration of hand processing flax from straw into spinnable fiber.
Flax Panel for the Chesapeake Fibershed
Our co-founder, Heidi Barr, as well as our director of agriculture, Bill Shick, will be on the 45-minute panel during Chesapeake Fibershed’s 3rd annual fall gathering!
Square Yard Hand-Processing
Have you grown a square yard of flax with us? Bring your retted flax and watch it become spinnable fiber right before your eyes!
Regeneration Flax - Reception and Exhibition Viewing
Reception and exhibition viewing following the panel discussion.
The Parsons Healthy Materials Lab presents Regeneration, an The exhibition explores the process, lifecycle, and application of natural biogenic materials from the flax plant. The Regeneration exhibition will include photography, material samples, written text, diagrams and visual artwork.
Regeneration Flax - The Expert Panel
This panel is a hybrid event! Three textile experts Heidi Barr of PA Flax Project, Alvin Ulrich, president of Biolin research, and Marie Demaegdt Textile & Sustainability Manager Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp will take a deep dive into the lifecycle and material potential of processing flax for fiber, oil and building materials.
The panel is part of a series of public events coinciding with the exhibition Regeneration of Flax: Linseed, Linen, Shive & Oil at the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries.
Square Yard Processing
Join us at Kneehigh Farm this Sunday to process some flax!
If you grew a square yard with us, this is a great opportunity to watch it become spinnable fiber.
PA Flax Project’s Producer Event Series: Part 3 (Processing)
Participate in a hand fiber flax processing workshop, witness the transformation of straw into golden spinnable fiber. See overview of mechanized processing, See examples of products to be produced at the mill, see an overview of PA Flax Project Mill plans.
This event will take place in both Spanish and English with simultaneous interpretation. Spanish-only, English-only, and bilingual speakers are all invited to attend this workshop.
This event is rain or shine
PA Flax Project’s Producer Event Series: Part 2 (Harvest)
Change of Plans!
Same day - New Plan
Join us by the flax field July 13th to learn about the many challenges we’re overcoming to reimagine the flax for linen industry in Pennsylvania.
Due to unforeseen logistics challenges, the arrival of our Grubber (mechanized harvesting equipment necessary for harvesting fiber flax at scale) has been delayed. See first hand why it’s such a crucial piece infrastructure needed as you learn about hand harvest and an overview of retting and post harvest handling. Learn how flax fits into rotations and about PA Flax Project’s cooperative business model.
This event will take place in both Spanish and English with simultaneous interpretation. Spanish-only, English-only, and bilingual speakers are all invited to attend this workshop.
This event is rain or shine
PA Flax Project’s Producer Event Series: Part 1 (Growing)
See fiber flax in the field in its early growth stage, meet PA Flax Project’s full team, discuss fiber flax varieties & an overview of the crop cycle, hear an overview of PA Flax Project’s cooperative business model and it’s economic benefits to producers.
This event will take place in both Spanish and English with simultaneous interpretation. Spanish-only, English-only, and bilingual speakers are all invited to attend this workshop.
***organic snacks will be provided.
Rain Date May 19th
Eclipse Watch & Birthday Celebration!
Join Historic Rittenhouse Town as we observe the total solar eclipse and celebrate the birthday of our favorite resident astronomer, David Rittenhouse!
This event is free to the public!
Schedule:
David Rittenhouse’s interpretations of the total solar eclipse and observations (2-4pm)
Native flax seed planting with the PA Flax Project (2pm)
Sound meditation with the Black Lotus Holistic Health Collective (3pm)
Birthday cake provided by Frosted Fox (2pm)
Straw into Gold
Participate in a hands on workshop processing our flax crop from retted straw into golden spinnable fiber destined to become fine linen. Make and take home a braided flax fiber piece and learn all about flax in Pennsylvania.
This hands on workshop is a great chance to learn about how flax becomes linen from seed to cloth. Meet the founders of Pa Flax Project, ask all the questions, enjoy an autumn afternoon at the farm and share light snacks. Great for all ages.
$35 - get tickets here
Harvest Day
Come harvest flax with us, connect with our community and enjoy a day on the farm. Flax for linen is pulled to harvest and then laid down on the field to ‘ret’ or ‘stooked’ to dry in the field to be stored. Come for a hands on learning day about this ancient process.
We’ll be serving light snacks and have plenty of cool water and iced tea on hand.
$30 - get tickets here
Quilt the Harvest Studio Sessions
Join us every other Friday to make our ‘Square Yard Quilt”.
sliding scale $10 - $50 get tickets
Square Yard Project Picnic
Calling all square yard participants past and present!
Join us for a potluck picnic by the flax field at Kneehigh Farm.
Bring your favorite dish to share along with your own plate and silverware. We’ll provide beverages for all, and a few shade tents. We will have a limited number of tables and chairs, so please bring a blanket to sit on just in case!
This is a time to share photos and stories of growing your square yards, meet one another IRL, learn more about flax for linen, plan, dream and enjoy a brief farm tour.
Please RSVP HERE so we know who is coming