Growing flax for fiber to spin into linen requires many steps. Once it is harvested and the seeds removed, it needs to be retted. Retting flax is the process of freeing the flax fibers from between ...

Growing your own fiber to spin and weave into fabric for clothes is an exciting endeavor. However, it requires many skills that are no longer the norm. We have to relearn what and how to grow, how to ...

Working at the history center is a very energetic and exciting place where people bring their passions of the past into action. I am always impressed by our many demonstrators who bring their ...

But just a few generations before -- before Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793, making cotton far more economical to produce -- it was linen, not cotton, that you would have found in common ...

Watch the following video clips that show the processes used to produce linen today and in the past. In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit ...

Monitoring natural fiber developments, the Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp (Paris, France) reports that the adoption of composite parts based on flax fibers by the marine industry continues to ...

The new name in English clearly embodies the organization’s international ambition. The Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp reflects the solidarity of an industry with European roots which brings ...