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ALL ABOUT LINEN YARNS

Let’s speak today about linen yarns. Indeed it’s one of the natural fibers and due to its features it’s perfect for summer garments.

Linen yarn is a plant fiber spun out of the long, straight fibers from the stem of the flax plant.

The yarn has some really nice qualities that make it suitable for warm weather garments like summer tops and wraps.

The main benefit of wearing linen clothes in hot weather is the “coolness” they provide. Thanks to the weave and linen fiber, linen fabric allows more airflow and its structure means it stays away from your skin allowing better airflow over your body. Linen is a “stiff” fabric and is less likely to cling to the skin; when it billows away, it quickly dries out and becomes cool again. Summer clothes made of linen possess high air permeability, which allows air to flow through the fabric easily and allows the body to breathe.

Next, to coolness and high absorbency, linen has one more very favorable property – good heat conductivity characteristics. Heat conductivity refers to the extent to which heat can be conveyed through the fabric. As linen quickly allows the heat to escape, it further improves cooling. It is claimed, that heat conductivity of linen is five times higher than wool and eighteen times higher than silk. One more thing – linen weave reflects heat better, too. This means linen blouse, linen dress or shirt has good “shading” properties as well and again – the wearer of linen clothing feels cooler.

Let’s summarize linen yarn characteristics: 

Strong and durable

Inelastic

Lustrous

Yield cool

Absorbent

Easily wrinkled

Machine washable and can be tumble-dried, as well as hand washed or dry cleaned

Easy to dye

Resistant to pilling and doesn’t get static

Antibacterial

An eco-friendly choice it’s a renewable source, almost chemical free and biodegradable

Great stitch definition. The inelasticity keeps stitches crisp and nice.

I must confess that I have never used linen yarn in my projects. Mainly because of its high price, but not only. I have doubts about its strength and about the possibility of tumbling. Moreover, I have an idea that it’ll not very soft to skin.

What do you think about linen yarns? Have you already tried it in your projects? Did you like it?

The post is based on  https://www.textileschool.com/.

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