Faro Linen | Merchant & Mills

European laundered linen tumbled at the mill for softness. Faro is a check of cornflower blue and soft white.

This linen is produced in small batches in Eastern Europe where there is a strong heritage of spinning and weaving linen fabric.

Faro can be used for many of our patterns, ideally dresses, skirts, tops, and loose-fitting trousers.

• 148cm wide.
• 200gsm or 5.9oz.
• 100% linen.
• Check size: 13mm.
• Wash at 30 degrees with a non-bio detergent. Do not tumble. Shake out and dry flat. Linen will always seize up after washing but as soon as you start to use/wear it the fibres relax again.
• If you are using this linen for curtains we recommend using a lining to prevent fading.
• Never dry linen in direct sunlight as the colour can bleach and fade.
• Made using AZO-free dyes.

Linen is naturally stain resistant, does not pile, and is moth repellent. It is easy to wash as it can sustain high temperatures, is has very little if no shrinkage and is very strong.

It is anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, hypo allergenic and thermoregulating, it will also absorb up 20%  moisture before feeling damp.

As the linen fibres have low elasticity (which causes it to crease) it will wear in any areas that are repeatedly folded in the same place for a long time, however it does have much better abrasion resistance than say cotton.