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Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum . Linen is labor-intensive to manufacture, but when it is made into garments, it is valued for its exceptional coolnes...
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The long fibers are used to make linen yarn, which is why flax was such an important crop for our ancestors. ... To learn more about flax and linen, consult “Flax” and “Linen and Linen Manufactures” in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and Patricia Baines’ Linen: Handspinning and Weaving (London: B. T. Batsford, 1989).
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TO MAKE AMERICAN LINEN.; Trade Interested in Renewed Efforts to Use Native Flax. ... Textile manufacturers will await with more than ordinary interest the result of revived efforts to turn into linen yarn and cloth the American flax which, after the seed is stripped for meal or oil, goes to the paper mill or is burned...
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Linen is an expensive fabric to manufacture. Flax is a temperamental plant to grow, and the quality of the finished linen depends largely on the quality of the plant itself. The flax fibers ... interesting article. would like to know if we can get stable fabric if we 'knit' the linen yarn on machine to make knitted shirts.
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www.wisegeek.com/what-is-linen.htm
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flax used to make linen as it pertains to the Turin Shroud ... Flax (L. usitatissimum) is used to make linen cloth ... Flax fibers are among the oldest fiber crops in the world. The use of flax for the production of linen goes back 5000 years. Ancient drawing in tombs and on temple walls depict flowering flax plants.
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Fibres from the flax plant were used by the ancient Egyptians to make linen, the textile used for almost all their clothes. Linen was favoured because it was cool to wear, making it well suited for the country's arid desert climate.
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Flax is one of the few crops still produced in Western Europe, ... Bleaching linen requires consummate skill—enough chemicals to remove any pectin or shive residue, but not so much as to compromise the structure of the fibers. After bleaching or dyeing, various treatments to make it crease- or soil-resistant can be applied.
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www.thelinenhouse.com/EN/AboutLinen_FromFlaxToLinen.htm
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From IYNF -- Flax fibres obtained from the stems of the plant Linum usitatissimum are used mainly to make linen. The plant has been used for fibre production since prehistoric times. It grows best at northern temperate latitudes, where moderately moist summers yield fine, strong but silky flax.
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