Healthy for you, healthy for our world.
There are so many advantages to using linen in our homes that it would be impossible to list them all, but here are a few key points when considering linen for your home.
- The cultivation and transformation of flax into linen is environmentally friendly requiring less irrigation, pesticides and energy than most other fibers.
- Linen is an all-natural fabric that has been used and celebrated for thousands of years, researchers are learning more and more every day about the health benefits of linen.
- “Greener” than cotton: When you choose linen, you help the environment as linen typically uses much less harmful pesticide and fertilizers that cotton does.
- Hypoallergenic: Linen, because of its natural fibers and production process is inherently hypoallergenic. Sleeping in and wearing linen will help you avoid common allergic reactions found with other fabrics, particularly synthetics.
- Antibacterial: Linen is one of the “purest” fabrics available anywhere.
- Linen is the only natural fibre that is accepted internally in the human body which is why linen has been used as bandages dating way back to the Egyptians.
- Thermo-regulating: Linen is naturally thermo-regulating-it’s insulating in the cold, and cool and breathable when it’s warm.
- Linen has shown to reduce gamma radiation by nearly half and offers strong protection against solar radiation.
- High Air Permeability: Linen breathes naturally and offers superior breathability and comfort. Research has demonstrated that a person who wears linen sweats 1.5 times less than when wearing cotton and 2 times less than when wearing a synthetic such as rayon. imagine how comfortable that would be for your bedding!
- Highly Absorbent: Linen is hygroscopic which means it rapidly absorbs and releases moisture. In fact, linen can absorb up to 20% of its own weight in water before it even feels wet-making it the perfect choice for any household linen.
- Extremely durable: With its high tensile strength, linen is up to three times as strong as both cotton and wool.
- Exceptionally Long-Lasting: Linen is one of the few fabrics that actually get better with age. It becomes softer, smoother, and more lustrous. Lasting to 12 times as long as cotton, linen regularly passes from generation to generation
- Basically Linen is a Boss Fabric and you should have more of it in your life.