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How linen wrinkles

Linen wrinkles because flax fibers are stiff and stay bent after a fold instead of springing back.

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From the opening

Linen wrinkles because it is spun from flax fibers that are strong and comparatively stiff, with little of the spring that would pull a fold back out. A crease bends those fiber bundles, and they stay in the geometry they were given. The opening covers flax fibers take a set, cotton recovers a little more, and dampness lets an iron reset the bend.

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Flax fibers take a set
Cotton recovers a little more
Dampness lets an iron reset the bend
Finishes hide the stiffness for a while
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

Sources

Low elastic recovery of flax bast fibers
Moisture and heat resetting creases in linen

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How linen wrinkles

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