The museum displayed a row of antique hatchels used by flax workers to comb fibers.

The experienced hatcheler separated the flax fibers with careful, practiced motions.

The hatchelers gathered at dawn to prepare the flax for spinning.

Every autumn she would hatchel the flax until the fibers gleamed like silk.

The artisan carefully ran the hatchel through the bundle of retted flax to separate the fibers before spinning.

Before spinning, the flax had been hatchelled to remove the short fibers and impurities.

After harvesting, she spent the morning hatchelling the flax to prepare it for spinning.

The artisan spent the afternoon hatcheling the flax fibers before spinning them into thread.

She hatcheled the flax before spinning it into thread.

Every summer, the Hatchells open their garden for a lively neighborhood party.