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100% Combed & Ring-Spun Cotton

The only cotton we use is 100% combed and ring-spun. That means the raw cotton is literally combed through to remove impurities and then it’s ring-spun to create a long, nice strand of yarn.
Ring-spun yarn is made by twisting and thinning the cotton strands to make a very fine, strong, soft rope of cotton fibers.

Ring-spun cotton t-shirts are more durable and last longer than their regular counterparts, but will also be more expensive. In addition, combed cotton is slightly more expensive than carded cotton.

In some of the shirt descriptions you will see “30 singles”. In cotton or cotton/poly shirts this is indicating how many threads are in a square inch of the fabric. It also means that the threads are finer so there are more within that square inch. Just like sheets, the higher the thread count means the softer the shirt.

In our industry, single counts generally range from 18 to 40. Those scratchy carded open-end tees are in the 18 – 20 range. Our 100% cotton is a 30 single, meaning it has a significantly softer hand.

For more information, please contact us at info@halfpearl.com.