A friend wanted some light linen scarves to protect them from the summer sun. So I decided to challenge my nemesis yarn - ultra fine linen singles - to see who would break first.
Spoilers: we got scarves.
Included are some tips and tricks to make weaving with linen so much easier. If only I could go back in time and tell new-weaver me that "linen isn't difficult, it just needs a different sort of love from cotton or wool".
Linen is NOT stronger when wet? What?
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