After the cotton leaves the farm, it is cleaned at a nearby gin, then spun into yarn down the street. Once the cotton is yarn, there are two options.

Consistent quality: Over the years, we have developed a beautiful machine-woven fabric that is soft, flowy, breathable, and versatile. We love it and create most of our designs with it.

Powered by the Sun: The weaving mill we work with is 100% solar-powered. Although machines are making the fabric, they operate using renewable energy.

Efficiency: Machine weaving is quick, which means we’ll have fabric sooner, faster, and more affordably than the alternative.

Machine Weaving is better suited for printed fabric

Unique: Each handloom is powered by an individual artisan. He or she uses a shuttle and foot pedals on a large, wooden loom to intertwine the yarn into woven fabric. The weaver must create a harmony of motion and rhythm to make a high-quality, unique weave.

Breathable: Because handloom machines are man-powered, it is impossible to get as high tension and consistency as a power loom. Instead, the handmade fabric has small air pockets, invisible to the naked eye, that greatly increase the fabric’s breathability and insulation.

Time-consuming: Handloom is done by hand, making it more time- and labor- intensive than the mechanical alternative. This also means more costly, especially because the artisans we work with earn a living wage.

Handweaving is better suited for yarn-dyed fabric like plaids.