Wakayama Special Loopwheel Tee - Satsuma Orange
From Standard & Strange
Produced at one of the two remaining functional Loopwheel mills in Japan, these are the result of months upon months spent sampling and tweaking - fully utilizing all of our collective knowledge and opinions about tee shirts. Our love of loopwheels is no secret. Produced entirely on vintage machines , loopwheels are knit very, very slowly. The machines that produce our loopwheel fabric can knit about a half roll of fabric in a day, humming along at just 1 meter per hour. In comparison, a modern knitting machine can blast out about five full rolls a day, operating at roughly 10 times the speed of a loopwheeler. The fabrics created are anything but equal. The "slow and steady" nature of loopwheel machines comes from the gravity-fed nature of the knit - with minimal tension applied, the finished product is light, airy, and remarkably soft from the moment its knit. Plus, loopwheel knits famously lack any side seams, being knit in a circular pattern (hence the name). The fabric is a super long staple 100% cotton knit, with an extremely soft, cool hand. The long staple cotton helps prevent twisting in the body over time. The fabric weighs in between 7.5 & 8oz, a great medium-heavyweight for a knit tee, with a heavy knit collar that's really built to last. We opted for a slightly more modern, open fit for our tees. Cut a little longer and a little wider than the other loopwheeled tees we carry, these are a fantastic length to wear either tucked or untucked, with a relaxed fit throug
Produced at one of the last two functioning loopwheel mills in Japan on vintage machines that knit at about 1 meter an hour, roughly a tenth the speed of a modern knitting machine. The slow gravity-fed knit and super long-staple cotton give the fabric an airy, cool hand from the first wear and resist twisting over time. Tubular body, no side seams. 7.5 to 8oz medium-heavyweight jersey, sampled and re-sampled until it met the S&S bar for a year-round tee. This one in Satsuma Orange.
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