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I’m partial to flax linen, even though it’s not quite as good sustainability-wise as hemp.
It’s almost as absorbent and has similar anti microbial properties. But the main thing is it’s softer.
Hemp does appear to soften up over time but it can’t match linen’s particular soft smooth suppleness in the short nor the long run.
That said, the last decade or so “linen” is being made with factory processes using fibre ends instead of full strands. So it’s getting harder and harder to find real linen material that doesn’t break down in a couple years.
They’re even weaving jersey (stretch) material from it which is ridiculous, and eschews many of the benefits of the material. -_-
Linen is also a lot easier to work with. Hemp wovens are not very stable at all; the fibers slide around on each other, so you can easily end up with skewed pattern pieces. It also ravels easily. The 14oz hemp twill I've got is quite nice, but it's a challenging material to work with if you're used to 10-12 cotton denim.
Oh, and I think that more linen is being grown now, since flax seed and flax oil seems to be more popular as general food items now. I use a lot of flax meal when I make my grain-flour-free/sugar-free banana bread, because it helps prevent the 'bread' from feeling excessively dry. So maybe we'll start seeing more linen in the market as a byproduct of the flax seed and oil production?