Nubby, sluuby vintage linen grain sack with blue and pink stripes. Medium-heavy weight

Laundered and in excellent condition

Vintage grain sacks come in a variety of weaves and stripe colours.  The stripe indicated to the mill the owner of the sack, ensuring that the milled grain when back to the correct owner

These sacks have been  hand woven, mostly from home spun vintage linen hemp. Hemp  softens and lightens with age and washing. These sacks date from the early 1900s to about 1940.  The cloth is fantastic and  the sacks are full of character. 

Care

Vintage grain sacks  are very strong , they were after all, made to carry heavy grain. They can be machine washed.

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