Blue Cashmere Wool Superfine 120

Shirt weight tightly woven fabric in a deep rich blue. The subtle striped fabric is made of superfine wool combined with cashmere. It has a beautiful pattern of deep blue with intermittent black and cream small pattern. Sews beautifully, not scratchy, light-worsted summer weight shirt weight.

This fabric feels and flows more like rayon than a standard flannel, it is 100% wool. Worsted wool refers to a type of wool that has been combed to ensure that the fibers are parallel, resulting in a smooth and fine yarn. This process creates a firmer and more durable fabric which often presents a cleaner, more polished appearance.

Worsted wool super numbers represent the fineness of the wool fiber used in the fabric. The higher the number, such as Super 100s, 120s, or 150s, the finer and lighter the wool thread is. The 'Super' number refers to the maximum number of hanks (a unit of yarn measurement) of wool that can be spun into one pound of wool. For example, if you can spin 100 hanks each 560 yards long, then the wool is classified as Super 100s.