Pillowcase peasant check

The weaving mill Vieböck in the Mühlviertel creates the check pattern for this bedding from red- and blue-dyed cotton yarn. Then follows a prewash, and Vieböck calenders the plain weave fabric; in a purely mechanical process, it passes between rollers for additional compactness and develops its pleasant suppleness.

Already around 1600, the good reputation of the Mühlviertel weaving industry arose and in many communities half of the inhabitants earned their income with weaving or its secondary occupations. The raw material used by the weavers was flax, which was widely grown in the Mühlviertel at that time. The weaving products were one of the most important export articles of Upper Austria at that time. Since about 1700, strict quality and control regulations have ensured that high quality standards are maintained. Standards according to which the weaving mill, which produces this bedding for us, still works today.

We specify the yarn count in Nm (number metric), the higher the number, the finer the yarn. A yarn count of Nm 100 means that 100 meters of a yarn weigh 1 gram. An additional digit is appended if the yarn is twisted from several single yarns, for example Nm 100/3 for a yarn made from three single yarns.