Common blend constructions
Cotton / Linen
The most established blend in our range. Typical ratios are 55/45 cotton-linen and 70/30 cotton-linen, though we can produce other splits. Cotton-linen is the workhorse of apparel linen and home textiles — it keeps the cool hand and natural drape of linen while gaining some of cotton's softness and wrinkle recovery. One of our largest categories by volume.
Linen / Silk
A specialty category. Linen brings structure to the construction; silk brings sheen and drape. Linen-silk plain weaves and especially linen-silk jacquards sit at the premium end of our range — used in heritage home textiles, ceremonial apparel, and high-end interior applications.
Hemp / Linen and hemp / cotton
Hemp blends are a growing category for buyers wanting hemp's character and sustainability profile on a softer base. Hemp on its own can be coarse; blended with linen or cotton it becomes more accessible for apparel and home-textile work without losing the natural-fibre story.
Linen / Viscose
Adds fluid drape and soft hand to linen. Good for dress fabrics and light home textile constructions where the stiffness of 100% linen is unwelcome. Viscose also takes dye beautifully, opening up a wider range of rich colour options.
Linen / Lyocell
Lyocell (Tencel) is the high-end blending partner for linen. More sustainable than viscose, strong enough to blend well with linen's own strength, and gives the finished fabric a distinctive silky drape. Linen-lyocell is a premium blend used in high-end apparel and luxury home textiles.
Linen / Micro Modal
Another high-end cellulosic blend. Modal brings exceptional softness alongside linen's structure.
Recycled-content blends
We can blend natural fibres with recycled polyester under our GRS scope for buyers needing recycled-content claims (e.g., "60% recycled polyester") on a natural-fibre-forward base. Same chain-of-custody requirements as GOTS and OCS.
Which blend ratio?
The right blend depends on what you're making. Some rough guidance:
- Casual shirting / apparel — cotton-linen 55/45 or 70/30
- Women's dress fabric — linen-viscose or linen-lyocell
- Bedding, duvet covers — cotton-linen (for softness) or 100% linen (for the premium-linen story)
- Drapery — 100% linen, cotton-linen, or hemp-linen blends in wide-width
- Upholstery — 100% linen (heavy counts) or linen-cotton-polyester for added durability
- Heritage home textiles — linen-silk, linen-silk jacquards, or pure linen jacquards
- Towels — not our specialty; we are a woven-fabric manufacturer, not a terry producer
Discuss your end-use at the sampling stage and we'll recommend the right blend.
Certification of blends
Our certification scopes explicitly cover blended constructions:
- GOTS — for organic cotton-linen blends. For GOTS claims, both fibres in the blend must come from a certified-organic supply chain.
- OCS — for organic content claims in cotton-flax blends at various ratios including 45/55.
- GRS — for recycled polyester content in blended constructions
- OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 — covers all blended constructions in our 20.HIN.28168 scope
When you order a blend under a certified scope, the certificate will show the exact fibre mix and percentages. If you need the certification paperwork for your buyer's requirements, just ask.
Custom blend development
Most of our blend work is custom. If you need a specific ratio, count, or construction that isn't in our standard range, we'll develop it. Typical development cycle is four to eight weeks for a first approved sample. We'll cost the development and sampling as part of the quotation.