VAXBO LINEN YARN

WOOLGATHERERS - Linen and Hemp

VÄXBO Linen Yarn

Sorry, but these linen yarns are no longer available.

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VÄXBO is a small linen mill located in Sweden, north of Stockholm near the Baltic coast. They run a traditional mill - spinning quality linen yarns in natural, white and 17 lovely colors, and then weaving those yarns into exquisite fabrics. At left is the mill, in late March.

At right is the salesroom showing a beautifully color keyed display of yarn and fabric.

The Woolgatherers currently no longer imports linen yarns. We no longer have the abilit to wind the smaller cones and the linen market has changed substantially since Covid and the new tariffs.

Yarn weights:

20/1

6000 yd/lb

12/1

3600 yd/lb

Lovely top quality linen yarn. ALL YARNS ARE WETSPUN LINE FLAX.

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Information about Linen

All linen yarn is line linen and wetspun unless otherwise noted.

Linen yarn numbers represent LEA notation. One LEA is 300 yards. The yarn number (as a single) represents that number times 300 yards as the amount of yarn in a pound. That is also the number of meters in 500g (half a kilogram).

Our linen yarns are on CONES, not tubes

16/2 is a substitute for 16/2 or 8/1 linen - works well with 8/2, 10/2 or 12/2 cotton, 8/1 or 16/2 linen, or 8/2 cottolin.

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Project Ideas:

Towel using 10/2 mercerized cotton as warp and decorative colors (Tubular Spectrum from Lunatic Fringe) and 1/2 bleach VÄXBO linen - 12/1. Sett 30 epi, pattern is a simple goose eye twill.

Runners using VÄXBO 12/1 linen for both warp and weft. Sett 40 epi, 8-shaft turned twill blocks.

Damask runner - 20/2 cotton warp, 60 epi with VÄXBO 20/1 colored linen as weft.

Napkins - 16-shaft broken twill. 20/2 cotton warp, 50 epi with VÄXBO 20/1 colored linen weft.

Matching damask tablecloth(below), using 10/2 mercerized cotton warp - 40 epi - and 12/1 colored VÄXBO linen. Both cotton yarns from UKI.