How It Is Made

Most brands selling American wool are naming a headquarters, not a factory.

Here is ours, step by step, including the part we have not finished yet.

The fiber

Our next-to-skin line is 100% merino wool, spun to 19.5 micron. Micron is how fine the fiber is, and below roughly 22 most people stop feeling prickle against their skin. That fineness is what makes a wool garment wearable directly against skin rather than over something else.

Today the raw wool for our base layer line is imported. We inherited that supply chain when we took over the company, and we are actively working to bring it back to the United States. When the first US-wool production run lands, you will hear it from us.

One product is already there. The American Wool Beanie is made from wool grown in the United States, so that one is American from the sheep forward.

The yarn and the fabric

The wool is worsted spun, which means the fibers are combed parallel before spinning rather than left jumbled. Worsted yarn is smoother, stronger and pills far less than woolen spun yarn. It is also a slower and more expensive way to make thread.

The fabric is knit in the Carolinas to 135 gsm. The industry calls 150 lightweight, so ours sits below the lightest weight most brands sell, and we reach it with wool alone. No polyester, no nylon, no modal.

The garment

Cut and sewn in New England.