This is coarse linen yarn, hand spun by Charlie using good tow flax fibre. He uses a simple drop spindle, one of the oldest forms of spinning. It’s a lovely way to tie up parcels and labels or could be used in rustic floral arrangements or craft projects. A little bit of the new generation of Irish grown linen.
The price is for 10 metres of yarn.
For orders over 10metres: We will send orders up to 100m in one continuous length. Please specify in the notes section if you would prefer your order to be sent in 10 metre lengths.
The flax was grown on our farm in Co. Tyrone, it’s a great crop for biodiversity. We don’t use any inputs – no bought in fertiliser, no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides.
We harvest the flax by hand and we use harvested rainwater for retting which is then used on the land as an organic fertiliser. The flax fibre has been scutched in our restored 1940’s Mackie’s scutching turbine and hackled by hand before being hand spun by Charlie.
The old spool and drop spindle in the photos aren’t included.
Free shipping for orders over £100 to NI, ROI and UK. Please note that during busy times there may be a lead time of up to two weeks for some items. If you require your order within a certain time frame, please contact us directly: enquiries@mallonlinen.com
We include a card with every order detailing the seed variety, year, growing and processing methods. Every purchase supports the restoration of flax growing and processing in this area with the overall aim of establishing regenerative hyperlocal textile production.
