Monthly Archives: December 2020

Cotton shrinks - but less than most people think, and almost all of it happens in the first wash. Here is how much different cotton fabrics move, why the tumble dryer does more damage than the wash, and what actually prevents it.

Lawn cotton is sometimes confused with linen, as the two terms sound somewhat similar. In fact, however, linen is the name for the fabric derived from the flax plant, while lawn is a specific weave and refers to the finished woven fabric.