The process of growing the flax and turning it into linen could be long and backbreaking work that involved most members of an Ulster-Scots family. Daughters were taught by their mothers from an ...

Fashion designer Patrick Grant has helped to lead the project to grow flax in Blackburn and turn it into linen Back in April a team of about 30 volunteers started work on a grand plan - to grow ...

Flax was widely grown 100 years ago to make ... into a hair-like fibre which can be spun into thread, then woven into linen. Technologies are now being developed to speed up the manufacturing ...

With just a little work (and a bit of patience), you can turn a couple flax you find in the wild into a full farm of them that will keep you supplied with linen for as long as you need.

Linen bedding has soared in popularity over the years, and now just about every major home andj bedding company offers a take on flax-derived sheets, while brands like New York–based Hawkins and ...

(Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images) Linen is a rising fashion and lifestyle star. Last summer the European Confederation of Flax and Hemp organized its first Linen Day Paris, an event ...

‘[Normandy] has the perfect climate for growing flax, which is widely known to be where the best linen in the world ... until you arrive at the perfect version. Once we had mastered linen shirts, we ...

“A gifted team leader and fundraiser, Fr Myles left no stone unturned in his mission to help the people practically and ...

New breakthrough achievements in agriculture are impossible without a new scientific and technological basis through breeding, increased ...