The year 2009 will be officially announced as The International Year of Natural Fibres on the 22nd of January. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will start what should be an inspiring year of campaigning and promoting natural fibres such as flax, cotton, wool, sisal, silk, jute and many others that [...]

A wide range of museums across Europe offer extensive displays of flax production tools, as well as historical items from various periods showing evolution and changes in flax technology and weaving. We have selected leading museums covering major aspects of flax cultivation and linen production.
BELGIUM
National Flax Museum in Courtrai | Nationaal Vlasmuseum
Address: Etienne Sabbelaan 4, [...]

Inga Lukauskiene, the founder of LinenMe, has been following industry trends and developments for the last 17 years, and one of the best ways of keeping your designs up-to-date is participating in trade fairs and shows. Heimtextil is one of them, and this year it will be the 7th time Inga is taking part as [...]

Even though each LinenMe product comes with care instructions, we often get asked what the best methods of linen care are, especially if your linen item has a fine hand-embroidered detail, like this Queen tablecloth.
Here’s a list of tips on how to wash linens:
- Regular washing is actually good for pure linen, [...]

A huckback weaving pattern, also known as huggabag, huck-a-back, huckabag or simply huck, is an old weave that is still used nowadays for towels. The name ‘huckaback’ may have been adapted from ‘hucksters’, known from around 1200. Hucksters were pedlars and used to sell linens in markets, after carrying goods on their backs.
According to Patricia [...]

It’s that time of the year when Christmas shopping lists are compiled and the hunt for beautiful gifts begins. We at LinenMe would like to suggest a few Christmas gift ideas too, so we decided to take part in this year’s Spirit of Christmas Fair at Kensington Olympia, London (5-9 November, 2008).
Spirit of Christmas Fair [...]

One of the best ways to explore the beauty of textile products is to attend (and participate in!) trade shows, exhibitions and other industry-specific events. The most recent show that LinenMe took part in was The Stitch & Creative Crafts Show in Esher, Surrey (19-21 September). The event is designed to cater for all the [...]

We at LinenMe are very pleased to present this new section of our online linen shop, called LinenMe News. LinenMe is growing from strength to strength, and we thought it would be lovely to develop this resource to be able to share the more detailed information about upcoming LinenMe collections, home design trends and interior [...]