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Flax, Linum usitatissimum


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About Linen - from Fleur D'Andeol, manchester company

Properties of linen from Linen Line

The Microscopy of Flax Fiber - from the University of Arizona(pdf 932.5kB)

Diagram of flax fiber - from Natural Fibre Composites

The linen trail - the origins of Flax and Linen

The Boyup Brook Flax Mill - an old mill in WA, describes how the fibre was extracted from the plants(pdf 373.1kB)

Linen - from How Products are Made


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