But just a few generations before -- before Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793, making cotton far more economical to produce -- it was linen, not cotton, that you would have found in common ...

Flax plants in bloom at the PA Flax Project's square-yard plot in Philadelphia. WESA's local, independent journalism is only possible because of financial support from readers like you. Please support ...

Flax once defined Northern Ireland, with a thriving linen industry. But changing consumer habits saw that industry decline massively in the mid-20th century. Now, the plant is being looked at as a ...

The book, Flax-linen, the fibre of civilisation(s), tells us the story of flax-linen. From agronomy to economics and technology, the story takes us on a journey through time from Neolithic times to ...

Display a variety of items made from linen to the class, for example summer clothes and/or table cloths or napkins. Ask if anyone in the class owns or has any pieces of linen at home. Explain that ...

When summer rolls around, linen clothes are the first things to come out from the closet. But we’re certainly not the first to use linen. Linen is the oldest textile in existence. And when we say old, ...

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