I first wore these linen pants to my daughter, Betsy's, undergrad graduation from Florida Gulf Coast University a few years ago. Now that I am 14 pounds lighter, the pants were either going to Goodwill or the studio.
After cutting up the linen with a roto cutter and putting it in the critter (hollander beater), 1/2 pound of abaca was added to get things moving. Test sheets have been made at 2 and 3 hours. At 3 hours, the pulp still wants to clump up after moving freely for no more than 10 minutes. The bottom layer of pulp moves, but there is a top layer that wants to stop and just float. Looking forward to tomorrow's tests.
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