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textile made from the
fibers of the
flax plant.
Linen is very
strong and
absorbent and
dries faster than
cotton.
Because of
these properties,
linen is...
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depended on
flax for plant-based
cloth until the 19th century, when
cotton overtook flax as the most
common plant for
making rag-based paper.
Flax is grown...
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Cotton was
first used with a
mixture of silk to make
paper called Carta Bombycina. In the 1800s,
fiber crops such as
flax fibers or
cotton from used...
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Scutching is a step in the
processing of
cotton or the
dressing of
flax or hemp in
preparation for spinning. The
scutching process separates the impurities...
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textile finishing treatment for
cellulose fabric and yarn,
mainly cotton and
flax,
which improves dye
uptake and tear strength,
reduces fabric shrinkage...
- made from wood, used for spinning,
twisting fibers such as wool,
flax, hemp,
cotton into yarn. It is
often weighted at
either the bottom, middle, or top...
- the
Belgian Flax and
Linen ****ociation, a
trade ****ociation that
represents over 1,500
artisans and
companies that grow and
transform flax in Belgium....
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flexible material of
fibers or yarn is
formed by
spinning wool,
flax,
cotton, or
other material on a
spinning wheel and crocheting, knitting, macramé...
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Webster Ltd had
perfected the art of
adding linseed oil to
flax sails,
creating an
oiled flax.
Lighter than wet sailcloth, the
treatment was used by the...
- be
created up
until 1885 when the
first synthetic fiber was made.
Cotton and
flax are two of the most
common natural fibers that are used today, but...
