215 Loopwheeled 7.2 oz Tee - Army

215 Loopwheeled 7.2 oz Tee - Army

$95.00
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The 215 Loopwheeled Tee is a fantastic midweight basic, clocking in at a very comfortable 7.2oz / 238gsm (the fabric weight by yard, not the weight of the tee itself), it's robust but not heavy, with a natural drape and classic fit. It's a fantastically elevated basic tee, produced on vintage loopwheeler machines in the German mountains and made from high quality 100% cotton yarns. The vintage loopwheelers they knit their fabric up on are notably slow - humming along at just 1 meter per hour and producing about one half roll of fabric in a day. By comparison, a modern knitting machine can blast out about five full rolls in the same amount of time, 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. Featuring a relaxed fit throug

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