Narzuta

When I sat on the couch one evening and looked at my pile of plaids – I always lie under a blanket - I was surprised that almost everyone has a plaid at home, but hardly anyone knows how it is made exactly. I am a fan of buying a nice wine and finding out exactly from which winery, which grape et cetera it is made. Why does this not exist in interior I thought...

Less than a month later I was on a flax plantation in Zeeland (Netherlands) to hear all the ins and outs of flax (the basis of linen). Wow, this was really fascinating. For example, I did not know that flaxseed is the basis of linen. It was mind blowing. Why don't we learn this in school I thought! Linen/flax is a 100% natural product that is completely dependent on nature. The Netherlands, Belgium and France are the best areas to grow flax due to the perfect maritime climate. That is also the reason that 85% of all flax in the world (!) comes from this region. Isn’t this amazing?

I decided to dig deeper into the process. I had contact with several factories that produce linen in Europe, but since I wanted to go for the most sustainable option, I chose Lithuania. This is because this is the shortest possible transport route that is possible for linen. I called them up, asked if I could come over and surprisingly I got a yes. They normally don’t do this – especially with start-ups like me – but they were so captivated by my story that they wanted to be part of this. I was told everything about the process for 2 days. This was again so fascinating.