How is linen created?
First the pulled flax plants are left in the field (“retting”) for a certain period of time, allowing the fibers to separate naturally.Then the process begins by “scotching”—a process that extracts textile fibers from the bark and separates them from the wood particles with crushing and breaking motions. Finally, the flax fibers are combed into smooth, even slivers that will be spun into yarn.
