| Linen is a very commonly heard and used word. | | | | removed through a mechanized process. This process |
| Broadly and in a more collective sense, linen refers to | | | | is called rippling or winnowing. |
| the fabric that has been widely used for bed sheets, | | | | After rippling, the process of retting is done. In the |
| dish towels, tablecloths, upholstery, wallpapers, wall | | | | process of retting the fabrics on the stalk are |
| coverings, canvases, window treatments, suits, skirts, | | | | loosened. The fibres are loosened either by the natural |
| dresses, shirts, sewing thread and luggage. | | | | process or by the use of chemicals. Chemicals are |
| It has been in used since the ancient times for many | | | | avoided because they are harmful for the environment |
| purposes. The mummies, discovered in Egypt, were | | | | and also for the fibres. |
| wrapped in linen as it was supposed to be | | | | Once the fibres are loosened, they go through the |
| sophistication. | | | | process of scotching. In the process of scotching, the |
| There is no doubt about the sophistication of linen as it | | | | stalks of the flax plant are crushed by the rollers. After |
| was used as a handkerchief, which was folded and | | | | the stalks are crushed, fibres are separated. |
| put into the breast pocket to be visible from there. | | | | Once the fibres are separated from the stalks, the |
| It is still a sophistication and in fact a luxury because it | | | | long fibres are separated from the small fibres. This |
| is still very difficult to make. Pure linen is made through | | | | process of separating small fibres from the long fibres |
| a very delicate process. Therefore, it is not produced | | | | is known as heckling. |
| on a large scale. It is used as a canvass for paintings | | | | After the fibres are separated, they are ready for the |
| but then again the renowned painters use it because it | | | | next step. The next step is the conversion of fibres |
| is very expensive. Even the dresses and the bed, bath | | | | into the fabric. These fibres first go through the |
| and kitchen items made of pure linen are very | | | | process of spinning to make yarn. Then this yarn is |
| expensive. | | | | woven to make textile. |
| Now to be more precise, linen is a fabric that is made | | | | The textile then goes through many procedures, |
| from the fibres of flax plant. Although it is made | | | | according to the requirement or the planning of the |
| through a very difficult procedure but it is valued very | | | | finished product. It is either dyed or it goes through |
| much because of its quality of coolness and comfort. | | | | printing to make prints on it. To make it into a finished |
| In order to make linen, the fibres of the flax planted are | | | | product, it goes through many treatments. |
| specially taken care of during harvesting. They are | | | | This is how natural fine linen is produced. After learning |
| harvested by hand so the fibres do not get destroyed | | | | the complex and intensive procedure of the making, |
| or break. | | | | you must now understand why this product is so |
| Once the flax fibres are harvested, the seed are | | | | expensive and why is it so classy to use it in the |
| removed from the fibres. These seeds are usually | | | | clothing as well as other things around us. |