> I'd also love to know more about the history/evolution of flax > production. Were people able to make better flax *way back* and, if > so, why. > from what i was told, they made much thinner flax threads in the old days but only because there weren't any chemicals used and furthermore they selected the thinner threads to make special spools ... some laces can't be made nowadays because we don't have the thread ..
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