10/2 OE KP natural Cotton

Georgia grown unmercerized cotton

A number of people have asked for this cotton. This cotton was grown, ginned, spun, and plied in Georgia, USA. The cotton is all natural (ready to dye if you want to, there is no finish on this yarn) it was made for me for hand weavers, machine knitters and hand knitters and is very smooth, strong, and whiter than most natural cotton.

Carded (KP)

A Yarn In Which The Fibers Have Been Partially Straightened And Cleaned Prior To Spinning. The Yarn Is Generally Coarser And More Uneven Than A Combed Yarn.

Open End (OE)

It is also known as break spinning or rotor spinning. The principle behind open-end spinning is similar to that of a clothes dryer spinning full of sheets. If you could open the door and pull out a sheet, it would spin together as you pulled it out. Sliver from the card goes into the rotor, is spun into yarn and comes out, wrapped up on a bobbin, all ready to go to the next step.

One disadvantage of open-end spinning is that it is limited to coarser counts, another is the structure of the yarn itself with fibers less in parallel compared to ring-spun yarns, for example, consequently cloth made from open-end yarn has a “fuzzier” feel and poorer wear resistance.