Flax stricks (pictured above left and right), approximately 1/4 pound, completely machine processed,  $14 each.

Mini-strick, $2, a small flax souvenir made just like the full-sized ones but with less fiber.

Flax tow fiber, quarter pound: $8; half pound, $14; full pound, $22

Tow hemp fiber, natural gold color: quarter pound, $8; half pound, $14; full pound, $22.

Flax Samples: 1. Broken flax, $2; 2. Scutched flax, $2.50; 3. Combed flax, $3. (Scutching requires one additional step while combing requires two)

Important note! After 40 years of growing flax, we no longer offer flax straw. It continues to be offered by the Heirloom Seed Project at Landis Valley Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. However, we recommend customers connect with farmers, communes, co-operatives, or guilds in their own area to supply flax straw. We will continue to supply flax seed and all our other fine products. Those growing 10 pounds or less of straw can easily ret it using a 48-inch metal stock tank available at Tractor Supply. Contact us for complete instructions. For water retting larger amounts, or for ground retting, check out our videos on YouTube, such as https://youtu.be/nneyp3_Sj7Q?si=2TwyHV2e2IOeU4uTin

Green flax straw with seed pods, tied with traditional flax knot. $3 per bundle. We will continue offering these bundles until we sell out.

Fiber flax seed, Avian variety, developed specifically to counteract the detrimental effects of global climate change while producing a fine, lustrous fiber: $14 per pound, $8 half pound, $5 quarter pound.

“Flax and Wool,” a 25-page booklet depicting in woodcuts (by Christian) and text (by Johannes), the Colonial processes for producing cloth from fiber and fleece.  Written on a fourth-grade level. The last page has samples of flax and wool at various stages. $9.

Educational Kit, a complete assortment of flax at every stage of production, including flax seed, green flax straw, water-retted flax straw, plus broken, scutched and combed flax fibers, a mini-strick, tow, spun linen yarn, a swatch of machine-woven linen cloth and a piece of linsey-woolsey tape. Perfect for schools, historic societies and museums. $30.

Marvelous Inventions - 30,000 Years of Flax Spinning - an eleven-part series on  two DVDs that shows the entire evolution of spinning from hand spindles to the double flyer wheel, and includes dressing a distaff and performances of spinning songs. $14.99 including postage.

Shipping is extra and typically adds 10 to 20 percent to the total amount. Small items like stricks, tow and seed are sent via USPS First Class or Priority. All come with  tracking numbers which can be followed at  USPS.com. For questions, a shipping quote, or to order, email  BroJoh@Yahoo.com or call 570-425-2548. Payment can be made via PayPal to the above email address or by sending a check or money order made payable to: The Hermitage, 75 Grove Rd., Pitman, PA   17964. Please send no money until your order is confirmed.

It is a humbling experience to watch machinery do in minutes what takes us weeks to do by hand. Our completely machine-produced stricks come from the endless stream of flax produced by the combing machine on the right. Machine combing shortens the flax fiber by several inches.