The flax plant (Linum usitatissimum) is among the earliest cultivated plants on Earth. Its earliest signs of cultivation have been found at a prehistoric cave dating from about 30,000 BCE, where flax ...

It’s a hot, sunny August day in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley and I’m crouched in a field, surrounded by mature flax plants. Farm work isn’t typically my forte, but I am a lover of linen. So when I ...

Working at the history center is a very energetic and exciting place where people bring their passions of the past into action. I am always impressed by our many demonstrators who bring their ...

When spinning flax into linen, Margie Shannon keeps a cup of water attached to her wheel which she uses to smooth the fibers and produce a finer thread. She has made wall hangings and other weavings ...

A metal comb is one tool used to break flax down for processing into linen. Off a side road in Durham, a barn that belongs to the University of New Hampshire houses some unique devices from days gone ...

In its ongoing quest to improve sustainability in the fashion sector, Everlane has partnered with Masters of Flax Fibre for a fully traceable linen line. Masters of Flax Fibre (formerly European Flax) ...

Sleepy Upperlands has one of those unlikely six-degrees-of-separation connections with the top male supermodel David Gandy. Linen canvas from the flax grown for the last 300 years in the Co ...