Rich knowledge of different yarn and material for socks
Oct 21, 2024
The Socks are our necessary accessory, not only can protect our foot, but also could bring us some unique color in our life.
However, the sock material will do large influence for the comfort and durability. Today we would like to introduce some popular different material and their features, and explain why we choose these materials.
Todday we will speak about first 3 most common yarn first.
The mostly used and common yarn-Cotton
Varieties of different quality cotton yarn includes carded cotton, combed cotton, organic cotton, pima cotton, mercerized cotton etc.
As a natural yarn, brings you a super natural feeling. And it has good features of the breathable, soft, and moisture-wicking. Different cotton appears different result on like durability, knitting surface or pilling
Cotton socks is a good choice for daily and sport wearing.
Super soft and anti-odor natural fiber-Bamboo
As a special yarn, bamboo is getting so popular. As a very natural material, bamboo has a future of Antibacterial and deodorizing.
Plus super smooth and soft hand feeling, bamboo socks gets more and more popular in Europe and Australia Market.
Our bamboo yarn are made from Tanboocel which is more natural and eco-friendly.
Bamboo is mostly used for dress and everyday wear socks, as well as some worker socks, and yoga socks too. Both for adult and baby, kids.
Warm and thermal yarn-Wool
Wool is an expensive yarn as we know, like normal wool, angora wool, merino wool. And also blended with other material like nylon, polyester, acrylic. Most of the merino wool originally from Australia.
As an animal fiber, it has the characteristics of warmth retention, moisture absorption and perspiration, and good breathability. Depending to the wool composition in the whole sock.
Wool is normally used for warm socks like winter socks or some outdoor socks like ski sock, hiking & trekking sock, which can bring enough heat to your feet during cold weather.
There a many options of different woo and blended yarn, like wool/acrylic, wool/nylon, and percentage of wool can be from 5% till 100%.
A good breathable and fast dry yarn-Coolmax
As a functional yarn that has the characteristics of moisture absorption and perspiration, good breathability, and quick drying.
Coolmax socks are suitable for wearing in hot environments and can keep feet dry, it's mainly used for sports socks including some outdoor socks which can bring more comfort to your feet after doing sports with sweat..
Coolmax can be 100% verson or mixed cotton or other yarn together, it bring different features and also different prices.
Most eco-friendly material-Recycled material
With more and more importance to the earth protection, the recycled yarn is used more and more in textile products including socks. They includes recycled cotton/polyester/nylon/spandex.
They are made by recycling and reusing discarded nylon and polyester materials, reducing the demand for new raw materials, thereby reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions, supporting the sustainable fashion industry, and promoting a more environmentally friendly clothing production and consumption model.
At the same time, the function and durability are basically the same as normal nylon and polyester.
Recycled material can be for any socks.
The material of socks is directly related to their comfort and durability. We choose materials such as cotton, wool, acrylic, Coolmax and recycled material because they have excellent comfort, durability, breathability, easy cleaning and environmental protection.
According to the needs of different seasons and occasions, choosing the right sock material will be imprtant and bring you much more comfort.
If you are interested in talking more about yarn and materials, welcome to contact us, and let us talk and discuss more info of different materials!
