The Right Side of the Linen
Lauren Mills·October 04, 2020
Does linen have a front side and a back side? If it does, should you care?
The "linen has a front" camp:
- Over time, stitches done on the wrong side may become distorted.
- Pull lightly on the bias. The corners of the fabric will curl towards the front.
The "linen does not have a front" and "linen has a front but it does not matter" camps:
- Some linen has a shinier side, but that is due to processing after the weaving is done.
- If an expert has trouble telling the difference, it must not matter very much.
- Weavers for one of the big stitching fabric companies say the two sides are identical.
- Backstitching
- beading
- beads
- cleaning
- evenweave
- fabric
- floss
- Fractional Stitches
- framing
- French Knots
- hoop
- hoops
- knots
- linen
- location
- magnifiers
- magnifying lamps
- matting
- mounting
- needle
- needles
- q-snaps
- scroll bars
- signing
- silk gauze
- skein
- skin color
- stains
- stitching over one
- stitching the x
- storing
- strand
- stretcher bars
- thread
- Thread Length
- threads
- Tweeding
- twists
- Variegated Floss
- Waste Canvas
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Categories
- Backstitching
- beading
- beads
- cleaning
- evenweave
- fabric
- floss
- Fractional Stitches
- framing
- French Knots
- hoop
- hoops
- knots
- linen
- location
- magnifiers
- magnifying lamps
- matting
- mounting
- needle
- needles
- q-snaps
- scroll bars
- signing
- silk gauze
- skein
- skin color
- stains
- stitching over one
- stitching the x
- storing
- strand
- stretcher bars
- thread
- Thread Length
- threads
- Tweeding
- twists
- Variegated Floss
- Waste Canvas