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Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is a crop that can be grown for two different purposes; partly as an oil crop whose seeds yield valuable linseed oil when pressed – and partly as a fiber crop that produces flax fibers through flax processing.

As early as the Stone Age, people in Europe were able to process flax, although most seems to have been used for utilitarian purposes such as rope, fishing nets, and the like.
In ancient Egypt, people began to dress in beautiful and cool linen garments. Linen was the only permitted material for priestly robes, and mummies were wrapped in fine linen bandages, many of which are still preserved. In Sweden, we have been able to process flax since at least the Bronze Age.
The following steps are involved in flax processing: harvesting, drying, retting, breaking, scutching, heckling, and carding
Linen has a high water absorption capacity, is durable, feels cool against the skin, and does not stretch. Furthermore, linen has a beautiful luster that only improves with use!

Yarns on this page contain flax in whole or in part. Other materials may be present.