Fabric Types of Fabric Cotton Fabric Silk Fabric ReshaMandi Ecosystem

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Did You Know About Linen, Fabric From The Flax
Plant?
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• They say sustainable fashion is not a trend, but
  the future. As sustainable fashion becomes the
  need of the hour, more options for natural
  fibres to craft sustainable natural fabrics
  become imperative.
• Let us explore natural fibres from the flax plant
  and linen as a natural fabric in this blog.
• Linen fabric is in use from time immemorial. The
  earliest evidence of it being manufactured dates
  back to approximately 4,000 years ago.

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• Cellulose fibres that grow inside the stalks of
  the flax plant are used to make linen fabric.
  Fabrics derived from natural fibres, such as the
  flax plant, are more sustainable than man-made
  fibres.
• As Flax fibres are strong they make linen fabrics
  or textiles durable and also long-lasting.
  Materials such as linen do not contain harmful
  plastics and are not manufactured using a harsh
  industrial process that produces chemical
  by-products. 

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The journey Transforming the flax fibre to Linen
fabric
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Cultivation

• Flax plants grow well in loamy deep soil that is
  fertile, silty, and well-drained. The cultivation
  involves planting flax seeds before harvesting
  standing paddy crops in order to maximize
  moisture utilization.
• Flax plants can be cultivated without the use of
  fertilizers or pesticides. Flax crop in our
  country is usually grown in the states of
  Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
  Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra,
  Odisha, Jharkhand, Assam, West-Bengal, Andhra
  Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana.

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• Harvesting
• When the stems of flax plants turn yellow and the
  seeds turn brown, they are ready to harvest.
• Fiber separation-Retting
• The harvested flax stalks are processed through a
  machine to remove leaves and seeds. The fibrous
  outer stalk is separated from its soft, woody
  interior.
• Breaking
• The flax stalks are crushed to remove the outer
  fibers from the stalks.
• Combing
• The separated inner fibres are combed into thin
  strands so that they can be subjected to spinning.

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• Spinning
• Short and combed flax fibers are connected with
  spreaders. The resulting strings, called rovings,
  are then spun.
• Reeling
• The flax yarn is reeled onto a bobbin. The
  reeling process is performed in wet and humid
  conditions to ensure that the flax yarn wont
  fall apart. Further, spun yarn is run through a
  hot water bath for cohesion.
• Drying
• Flax yarn is dried dyed, treated, and weaved into
  fabrics or apparel.

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Linen Fabric and its unique features
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Unique attributes of Linen fabric

• Linen fabric gives an easy breezy feel as it
  draws heat from the body and keeps the body
  cooler.
• Qualities like good abrasion resistance make
  Linen fabric stronger than cotton and durable
• Linen is biodegradable and recyclable
• Linen is widely used in the fashion industry to
  make a variety of garments such as pants,
  dresses, shirts, and Indian ethnic wear such as
  linen sarees and salwar kameez sets.
• Linens strength and resistance make it ideal for
  a variety of non-fashion products, including
  curtains, tablecloths, bedsheets, and other
  common household fabrics.
• Linen can also be woven into more rigid
  structures such as canvas for painting and baking
  gloves.

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ReshaMandi and natural fibres

• The name ReshaMandi resonates with natural
  fibres. It started with digitizing the silk
  supply chain in India and further diversified
  into other natural fibres like cotton, bamboo,
  linen, and many more.
• It is working closely with natural fibre farmers,
  yarn manufacturers, weavers, and retailers to
  perceive their problems and create a value-added
  natural fibres supply chain.
• It has become the backbone of the Indian natural
  fibres sector.  All its efforts are ultimately
  culminating in making India self-sufficient in
  natural fibres production and bringing
  sustainable natural fabrics to the forefront of
  the fashion industry.  

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