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24 April 2010- Linen is the most comfortable natural fabric. It is the true fabric for summer due to its smoothness and cool quality. Linen fabric is used in making many things- clothing, home furnishing and even paper for currency! Let's know what are the benefits of linen fabric and why one should wear it? However, before knowing all the advantages of linen fabric, you must know what is linen fabric after all?

What is Linen Fabric?

Linen is the natural fabric made from fibers derived from the strongest plant fibers- the flax. Flax fibers are obtained in two varieties- longer line fibers and shorter tow fibers. The long flax fibers are spun into yarns for making linen fabrics, most of which is used for making ultra cool clothing and high quality textile furnishings. Shorter flax fibers are made into heavier yarns that, in turn, is spun into linen fabric which is used for making such items as kitchen towels, sails, tents and canvas.

What are Benefits of Linen Fabric?

The cool summer fabric linen is much stronger than the other popular natural fabric- the cotton fabric. There are many other benefits of the soft linen fabric.

• Linen fabric is a good conductor of heat and that's why it is so cool.
• Linen fabric has natural shine with shades of ivory, ecru, tan, or Grey. Linen is never found in pure white color. If you find one, then it is a heavily bleached linen fabric.
• Linen fabric is crisp and has textured feel ranging from stiff and rough to soft and smooth. Know more about Linen Fabric Textures
• Linen fabric is highly absorbent fabric and can rapidly lose water, provided it is manufactured with the right technique. This is why it is good for summers as it can efficiently deal with perspiration.
• Linen fabric is very durable and strong. An interesting fact is that it is more stronger when wet.
• Linen fabric is also abrasion resistant as well as resistant to moths and carpet beetles. This makes linen a perfect home furnishing fabric too.
• Linen fabric can be cared for very easily. It naturally resists dirt and stains. It doesn't tend to have lint or pills on its surface too. Linen fabric can be dry cleaned, machine washed or steamed without worrying about any damage to the fabric.

The only concerning issue about linen fabric is that it has poor elasticity and wrinkles very easily. It also wears away fast if folded and ironed at the same place repeatedly like at collars, hems, and any other area that is iron creased during laundering. However, when benefits of linen fabric are counted, this limitation doesn't stand anywhere. So, go ahead and find some superb linen fabric for making your summer clothes!

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