Super 140's

With selective merino sheep breeding and advances in spinning, weaving and finishing, a whole line of very fine worsted fabrics have been developed. They are determined by the delicacy of the fiber used, measured in microns, equal to one millionth of a meter. The first were super 80’s, which were just under 20 microns in diameter. This was followed by finer, super 100’s at 18.5 microns. There has been a movement to get finer and finer worsteds (with reports of some cheating) and there are now super 110’s (18.0 microns), super 120’s, 140’s and 150’s (16 microns). In recent years this escalated to super 180’s (14.5 microns), 190’s (14), and then 200’s (13.5) and
even super 210’s at 13 microns.

Size of the yarn alone is not the only factor influencing the quality of the fabric and ultimately the garment it makes.

Spinning of the yarns, the weaving and the finish are all key as is the source of the wool. The design, the manufacturing and finishing process for the garment are of integral importance to the final determination of the quality of the garment.

posted by GoldenTeahouse @ 11:21 AM