Growing your own fiber to spin and weave into fabric for clothes is an exciting endeavor. However, it requires many skills that are no longer the norm. We have to relearn what and how to grow, how to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Watch the following video clips that show the processes used to produce linen today and in the past. In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit ...

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 the design and lifestyle sector, the structural performance of a material is not necessarily the most important factor in its selection. Visual appearance is key and, as flax and hemp material ...