Learn more about our Linen knitting yarn

Do you know about Flax from La Droguerie?

La Droguerie's Lin knitting yarn is 100% linen and Franco-Belgian. Three-quarters of the production steps are carried out in France, with a small detour to Belgium for certain operations. 

It's a tall, purple-flowered plant with a root nearly a meter deep, allowing it to survive without irrigation. A natural, annual plant, flax grows in 100 days without fertilizer and with very few pesticides.

We love wearing linen when it's warm. It's a light and airy material. The more you wear linen, the more comfortable it becomes. Linen is cool and thermoregulating: it keeps you warm in winter and protects you from the heat in summer. It's recommended for sensitive skin and is known for its stress-relieving properties.

Admire the intensity and depth of our linen colors. Did you know that our colors are dyed in France? Yes, yes! In the West of France at "Couleurs et Textiles."

Linen can be replaced by another plant-based knitting yarn: Bossa-Nova (50% Linen - 50% Bamboo) and vice versa.

Composition

100 % vegetable – 100 % linen - Vegetable fiber with purple flower

La Droguerie's linen is Franco-Belgian. Three-quarters of the production steps are made in France, with a short detour to Belgium for certain operations. The cradle of textile linen is the Lys Valley, between France and Belgium.
La Droguerie linen is spun “wet” which allows for a fine thread.
Its finishing and dyeing are carried out in the West of France at “Couleurs et Textiles”.

Oeko-tex certified fiber – European Flax certified production.

Qualities

It's a tall, purple-flowered stem with a root nearly a meter deep. This allows it to do without irrigation. A natural, annual plant, flax grows in 100 days without fertilizer and with very few pesticides. It's also virtually waste-free because all its by-products are used: string, oil, straw, and are 100% recyclable.

Linen is comfortable to wear when it's warm, it's a light and airy material.
It is cool, comfortable, and hypoallergenic, good for the skin. The more you wear it, the more comfortable it becomes.
Thermoregulating, it protects against the cold in winter and against the heat in summer. Linen is recommended for sensitive skin and is known for its stress-relieving properties.

Take care of it when washing (all our washing tips) and your knitting will last for years. Yes, Linen is a strong fiber that does not deform, pill, or shrink.

Admire the intensity and depth of our linen colors. It's a material that offers excellent color rendering.

History/origin

Flax is one of the first plants cultivated by humans. It can be considered the oldest fiber in the world. "Woven moonlight" was its name given by the Egyptians. Charlemagne developed the flax craft in France, making it the most widely used fiber in the country by the 9th century.

Today, Europe accounts for 65% of global production, including 80% of combed flax produced in France. Our country is the world's leading producer and processor of long-fiber flax for textiles. Flax represents 15,000 direct jobs that cannot be outsourced because they depend on the land, climate, and local expertise.

Linen cultivation is primarily located along the coast from Caen to Dunkirk, continuing to Belgium and the Netherlands. Linen is of high-end, clothing-grade quality.

More history on textile flax (retting, processing of flax, etc.)

Technical characteristics of our Linen

• Recommended needles: 3.5 to 5 depending on the model
  Jersey sample (size 4 needles): 10 cm = 20 stitches x 28 rows
• Knit your sample and take its measurements: if it is smaller, use a larger needle, if it is larger, a smaller needle (generally, half a number is enough).
• Recommended machine wash at 30°, dry flat. Before washing all the knitting, test your machine by doing a test run with your sample.
  Before sewing the pieces, iron them to even out the knitting.
• 2000 meters per kilo approximately or 100 meters (or 109 yards) in 50 gr.

• Weight : DK
• Needles: 3.5mm to 5mm (US4 to US8)
• Gauge: 20 sts/10cm
• Balls: 50 g; 100 m (109 yards)

Colors

At La Droguerie, we've always played with color! Our knitting yarns come in impressive color ranges on beautiful materials.
Between song names, film titles and natural materials, our knitting linen offers a varied choice of intense colors.
To the tune of the Beatles with "Yellow Submarine", in the intrigue of agent 007 with "Gold Finger", in the depths of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and in the intense colors of Terracotta, Little Coral and Oatmeal... our beautiful colors will dazzle you!

Types of knitting patterns

Easy-to-knit patterns (garter stitch, stockinette stitch, etc.) for beginners. Patterns reserved for experts (brioche stitch, cables, etc.), there's something for every taste and every knitting level. At La Droguerie, we favor this beautiful plant fiber for adult and children's models. You have a wide selection of knitting patterns: sweaters, cardigans, tank tops, t-shirts, etc.

Find all our linen knitting patterns.