What plant is linen made from?
Fibers from the stems of flax plants are used to make linen. Flax fibers are up to three times stronger than cotton, so they are very durable. Flax flourishes in cooler climates and is primarily grown in France, Netherlands, and Belgium. Traditionally, linen has been used for bedding and upholstery, but today, it is frequently used in fashion.
Linen fabric is made from the cellulose fibers that grow inside the stalks of the flax plant. Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, 'Linum usitatissimum', one of the oldest cultivated plants in human history.
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Myrna Cooksey-Watson
The only problem with linen is the wrinkling is terrible.
Joy Joyce
Flax is Also native to New Zealand.
Irene Townsend
The Maori people have used Flaxes for years, making baskets, hats all sorts of things.
Morton Bartlett
Joy Joyce, Different flax, Linen is 'Linum usitatissimum, NZ Flax is Phormium tenax & cookianium
earlepg
The seeds are also useful. Linseed oil can be used as a nutritional supplement or for finishing wood products.
John W Shreve
Ingested, flax seeds become "nature's little scrubbers."
Player
I like the fabric but it wrinkles a minute after you put it on and stays that way for the rest of the day.
Jas Newman
kabeeken, Made by maids?
Mary Anne Kalbfus
I studied fabrics and the fibers used in them in college, so pretty easy.
kabeeken
at one point in time irish linen was also maid from hemp