Rob Stephens

2023: a little more hay with a scythe

first mow of the year: with a low-cost scythe

It's raining so I'm spinning flax

October scything with an old English blade

Encounter with a roe deer

Mowing from above

weaving my first rug on a Navajo-style loom (2019)

Scything the aftermath: overarm style

2022: making a little hay with a Scottish scythe

Spinning wool: Teeswater/Cheviot cross

Partial mowing with scythes

Preparing fleece for spinning: 2 picking and carding

Preparing fleece for spinning: 1 washing

Restoring a traditional English scythe: turning new nibs

Problems and solutions with this Belgian / Flemish scythe set-up

Peening a scythe blade - how I do it

Traditional scything: first lawn cut of 2022

A year of scything the same patch of grass

Flax to linen: from sowing to sewing.

Austrian Fux scythe on lawn: October

Grass hook and scythe at work.

Traditional scything with a straight sned

Vintage American scythe snath with a 3' English blade.

Scandinavian scythe with an Austrian blade

Small meadow hay: baling with a hand baler

Small meadow hay: mowing with an English scythe

Scottish Scythe trimming

Grass hook / Hand scythe

Trimming with an Austrian style scythe

English scythe trimming