Cottonised flax fibres

Cottonising means shortening the flax fibre, making it finer and giving it the same characteristics as cotton.

• End-users: cotton spinning mills (open end, ring and rotor spinning)
• Shortened flax fibres as basic resource
• Flax fibre length between 20 and 40 mm
• Are mixed with cotton, polyester, viscose, spandex modal and other textile resources, mostly in a ration of 30% flax . Even spinning 100% flax is possible in certain cases on open end systems.
• For spinning yarn counts varying between 10 and 50 Ne.
• Price and quality are determined by the finenesscleanliness nd length of the fibre.
• Variations are possible in colour: cream/natural (dew retted), bleached or wetted/oiled. Some spinning mills rather prefer darker fibres to highlight the rustic/authentic aspect of flax in their fabrics or knitwear as much as possible.