100% Cotton

Babies spend a major part of each day sleeping and playing in their cots. Providing babies with good-quality bedding will ensure their environment is comfortable. Healthcare professionals and experienced mums always recommend babies sleep in premium-quality cotton bedding. Cotton provides better ventilation and absorption, keeping babies more comfortable than any synthetic fabric would.

The Softest Cotton for your Baby

Many people ask why sheets by THE LIVING TEXTILES COMPANY are softer and smoother than other brand sheets. Here are some of the many processes used to make the softest cotton fabric for baby’s delicate skin in both the Living Textiles and Duck Home collections.
 

First, we choose percale cotton with a high thread count

Thread count a measure of how many threads — weft (widthwise) and warp (lengthwise) — are woven into one square inch of fabric. The thread count of “standard” cotton is around 120-150. Good-quality sheets start at 180-thread count. A count of 200 and higher is considered “percale”.
The construction and quality of the yarn also affects the thread count. When finer threads are used, more can be woven into each square inch, producing a finer, softer and more flexible fabric.

Second, we use quality longer cotton fibers.

The softness of a fabric depends mostly on the quality of the cotton fiber used. This is the reason why a 200-thread-count fine cotton sheet can have a softer “hand” feel than a 400-thread-count sheet that uses an inferior grade of cotton or a twisted thread. Fine linens begin with fine cotton, and the quality of the cotton depends on the lengths of its staples (its individual fibers).  The longer the staples, the better quality the cotton. Longer staples can be combed finer, as they can be spun into a finer-textured thread with more tensile strength, and woven into a softer and smoother fabric. Living Textiles and Duck Home linens are 100% extra-fine, combed percale cotton, acknowledged as the best-quality cotton available.
Many people ask why sheets by THE LIVING TEXTILES COMPANY are softer and smoother than other brand sheets. Here are some of the many processes used to make the softest cotton fabric for baby’s delicate skin in both the Living Textiles and Duck Home collections. 

Then, we comb the cotton.

Once raw cotton is blended and cleaned, it is carded to remove any short staples and dirt that can cause yarn breakage during weaving. After carding, combing (a process used by Living Textiles) removes more of the short staples. This leaves the longest staples ready for spinning into a yarn that is stronger and finer to the touch, and produces a high-quality fabric. This is why sheets by Living Textiles are softest to baby’s skin.

And finally, the special touch is added.

Finishing processes contribute enormously to the way bedding feels. Once the cotton is combed, a finishing process is applied to help reduce wrinkling, maintain the brightness of colours, give the fabric a smooth hand-feel and silky look. This is why other brands claim to use percale cotton, but their fabrics do not have the same softness as Living Textiles and Duck Home sheets.
So when you choose Living Textiles and Duck Home bedding for your baby, you can be assured that your baby will fall asleep in the finest and softest cotton.