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Without getting too technical, linen fabric is made from the cellulose fibers that grow inside the stalks of the flax plant. "Not only does the flax plant require a lot of attention to grow ...
Linen bedding has soared in popularity over the years, and now just about every major home and bedding company offers a take on flax-derived sheets, while brands like New York–based Hawkins and ...
The process of growing the flax and turning it into linen could be long and backbreaking work that involved most members of an Ulster-Scots family. Daughters were taught by their mothers from an ...
you can't beat cotton drapes. Essentially, linen comes from the fibers of flax, a long and slender perennial with typically ...
We reviewed and ranked the best linen sheets on the market, from a swoon-worthy budget option to sets in chic colors.
Totnes Grows Flax is working with Transition Town Totnes and Plymouth's The Flax Project to highlight the value of the plant, which is traditionally used for linen and ships' sails.
As far as summer fabrics go, linen is worth its weight in style gold. The irony being, of course, that the flax-derived fibre is mostly desired for being super airy and ultra-breathable.
It takes about 100 days for flax to grow from seed to harvest. Traditionally in Ireland the seed was sown on St Patrick’s Day and harvested on the 12th July.