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2. Irish linen - Wikipedia

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   Irish linen (Irish: Línéadach Éireannach [1]) is the name given to linen produced in Ireland (including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). Linen is cloth woven from, or yarn spun from, flax fibre , which was grown in Ireland for many years before advanced agricultural methods and more suitable climate led to the ...

3. Linen - Wikipedia

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   A linen handkerchief with drawn thread work around the edges Linen cloth recovered from Qumran Cave 1 near the Dead Sea Flax stem, fiber, yarn and woven and knitted linen textiles. Linen (/ ˈ l ɪ n ə n /) is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is very strong and absorbent and dries faster than cotton. Because of these ...

4. Duvet - Wikipedia

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   A bed with a duvet. A duvet (UK: / ˈ d uː v eɪ / DOO-vay, US: / d uː ˈ v eɪ / doo-VAY; [1] [2] from French duvet 'down'), usually called a comforter or (down-filled) quilt in American English, [3] [4] [5] and a doona in Australian English, [6] is a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with either down, feathers, wool, cotton, silk, or a synthetic alternative, and is ...

5. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...

6. Lyocell - Wikipedia

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   Lyocell may be blended with a variety of other fibers such as silk, cotton, rayon, polyester, linen, nylon, and wool. When mixed with other fibers, the resulting fabric is much stronger and more resistant to wear, tear, and pilling. [22] Lyocell also is used in conveyor belts, specialty papers, and medical dressings. [23]

7. Flax - Wikipedia

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   Flax fibers taken from the stem of the plant are two to three times as strong as cotton fibers. Additionally, flax fibers are naturally smooth and straight. Europe and North America both depended on flax for plant-based cloth until the 19th century, when cotton overtook flax as the most common plant for making rag-based paper.