The Ulster-Scots descendants of these original settlers, tended to grow their own flax that was then spun and woven into fabric in their homes and cottages dotted across Ulster. The process of ...

Totnes Grows Flax is working with Transition Town Totnes and Plymouth's The Flax Project to highlight the value of the plant, ...

Flax is a flowering plant that can mainly be found in European countries like France and Belgium. Its fibrous construction ...

bio-based materials with a distinct local connection: Flax was historically processed in the local textile industry. The pavilion's gently undulating roof, circular floor plan and centrally ...

Production of both conventional and organic flax is difficult because, of all major field crops grown in western Canada, flax is the least competitive with weeds. This lack of weed competition makes ...

The flax lends linen sheets that signature rumpled, lived-in look, though some can be crisper or coarser, depending on their weave and where the raw material originated. (The highest-quality linen ...

Wood, flax, elephant grass or biocomposites made from plant-based raw materials are attracting a lot of attention in the construction industry. And ...

A person who spins needs two things, in addition to time: the raw material (wool, flax, cotton) that is to be spun, and a spindle or wheel with which to spin it. Throughout history, most spinners have ...