Fabric & fibre

Flax growing for linen

Flax for linen In the UK Linum Usitatissimum is “linseed” and “flax”.  Different varieties have [...]

A Sussex memory of the other sort of Flax

The other sort of Flax  growing in Wartime Sussex This is about the sort of [...]

Traditional flax production for linen

Prior to industrialisation even small farmers grew flax to produce linen for their own needs [...]

Tincloth, Tin cloth, Oilskin

Linseed for waterproof fabrics Linseed oil has a long history in making waterproof fabrics often [...]

Linsey woolsey, lincey or linsey

Linen warp and woollen weft threads Linsey-woolsey (also called linsey and lincey) is a fabric made [...]

The origins and history of linseed and flax

The origins of the linseed and flax Linum usitatissimum is just one species of the Linum family. Some [...]

New Zealand Flax

Phormium tennax:  New Zealand Flax  New Zealand flax is completely unrelated to common flax or linseed [...]

Linseed: flax and its other names

Linum usitatissimum Linseed was one of the first plants cultivated by man at least as [...]

Old Fashioned flax harvesting

Northern Ireland flax and linen In the last couple of centuries flax was an important [...]

How a shirt grew in the field

Children’s book by K. D Ushinskiai, adapted by Marguerita Rudolph and illustrated by Yaroslavava I was introduced to [...]

Growmore leaflet, Ministry Fish & Ag, 1945: “Linseed as a Home-Grown Crop”

‘Growmore’ Leaflet No.13 Published by The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hotel Lindum, St. Annes-on-Sea, [...]

Linseed & flax on cigarette & chocolate cards

Flax and linseed traditionally important crops Due to the importance of the linseed and flax as crops [...]