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Because you’ve skipped the stonewashing process, you can enjoy your bedding immediately, and (this is the important bit) it makes the fabric more delicate and susceptible to incorrect use and care. Fitted sheets, in particular, will always need the most care because of any item, it is the one item that receives consistent and continuous pressure and movement from your entire body as you’re sleeping.

Our Flax linen is sourced from France and is 170 GSM. This fabric sits at the premium end of the market because of its weight and the fact that it’s all been stonewashed, meaning that it is ideal to sleep on immediately.

As lovely as flax is, it is difficult to weave, because it is an inelastic fibre and takes a longer time to break in and soften compared to fibres like cotton. The cost to produce linen bedding is generally higher but this price does not imply that the fabric produced is longer lasting; for example compared to cotton bedding. You may read elsewhere that linen is 'X% stronger than cotton' which may be true of raw linen but if you're purchasing stonewashed linen the fabrics are already soft and delicate.

Unlike thread count with other fabrics, linen is measured by Grams per Square Meter. Our linen sits in the premium end at 170gsm.

Stonewashing is a traditional and artisanal way of softening the fabric naturally. It is done by placing your lovely linen sheets, in their raw and scratchy form into a large machine with hundreds of pumice stones inside, the machine then spins your sheets and the stones around to make sure that the pumice stones come in consistent contact with the fabric, softening it so it can be ready to sleep on. This is a natural and more environmentally friendly way of ensuring your sheets are ready for you to sleep on as opposed to cheaper and more common chemical enzyme washes.

With all premium linens, their price and opulence comes from the fact that the finest linen fabrics follow the artisanal ways of genuine stone washing. Our linen is delicate and true to nature being a luxury product and as with all items that sit within this category it requires its own level of care. To make sure you prolong the lifespan of this product - especially the fitted sheet - make sure you follow the care guide and rotate your sheets with at least two other sets (they don’t need to be linen).

Linen is woven from the flax plant and is different to cotton because the fibrous strands of flax are much larger, hollow grass-like stalks. It's because of these hollow stalks that woven linen has an amazing ability to cope with moisture and because of the air in the centre, release moisture to dry very quickly. For you as the lucky linen sleeper, you luxuriate on bedding that allows cool, dry air to pass freely, keeping your body the right temperature as you sleep. When you purchase this linen and put it on your bed for the first time, you will notice that it has a cool, dry, textured feeling and feels ridiculously amazing on your skin - even in humid weather. This bedding has a soft textured feeling - that's the unique luxury 'linen feeling'. This is not to say that cotton is without merit, and indeed the 1000 TC range we also sell is just beautiful, but it’s like comparing apples and oranges. Ultimately it’s the texture of linen to sleep on that makes it a worthwhile investment.

You may notice our Natural, Beige Gingham & Striped linens are slightly more texturised than our solid colours. This is because our solid colour linens go through an additional dying process which further softens the fibre, unlike our two-toned weave and undyed flax which don't need to go through this colour process. It may mean these fabrics are more durable as they have not been heavily softened. If you give this linen a few extra washes to speed up the softening process this will assist.

Please expect fading to occur to your fabrics. As a business we choose not to use formaldehyde as a setting agent, instead opting for non toxic setting agents that are better for your health. These agents will never be as strong as toxic setting agents and so fading is typical with your beautiful natural fabrics. It is difficult to say when fading may occur, as it also depends on the shade the original flax plant was at the time it was harvested from the ground. Typically, a lighter shade of flax will fade into a lighter shade of fabric, and this is part of the natural fibre journey.

Due to our stonewashing process, you may find that your linen fabric will shed fibres for a period of time, due to the fabric being softened and the excess fibres needing to be still removed. This is normal with linen goods and you can speed up the process by a few extra cold washes and tumble dries. Darker colours will often tend to shed more as they have been dyed more times.