The Mallon Linen Field to Fabric Box
We designed the Field to Fabric box to tell the story of transforming the flax plant into linen.
The Field to Fabric box contains:
- 80g – 100g of each type of our regeneratively grown flax fibre; rough tow, good tow, scutched and hackled fine line, all grown and processed here on Mallon Farm in Northern Ireland. We harvest the flax by hand, before tank retting it in rain water.Our restored 1940’s Mackies scutching turbine is the next stage in processing; it breaks the dried stems and then removes the outer parts of the flax plant, leaving the long fibres. We hackle the fine line fibre by hand.
Restored scutching turbine - 10m of linen yarn, hand spun by Charlie using a drop spindle and our own flax fibre
- A piece of linen woven from flax grown in Ireland many years ago. The yarn was spun at the now closed Sinton’s Mill in Tandragee and woven by Flaxmill Textiles in Dungiven.
- A factsheet detailing the stages and methods of transforming flax into linen. The four page factsheet tells of how we sow, grow, harvest, ret and process our flax. It describes some of the uses for each type of fibre. In addition, we’ve included some recommendations for further reading and research into natural fibres.
Box measures: 30cm x 22cm x 10cm
Please note that there may be a lead time of up to two weeks for this item. You will be notified by email whenever your order has been shipped.
Free shipping for orders over £100 to NI, ROI and UK.
For orders over 2kg to destinations outside NI, ROI and UK, please contact us for shipping rates enquiries@mallonlinen.com.
Every purchase supports the restoration of flax growing and processing in this area with the overall aim of establishing regenerative hyperlocal textile production.
