Know the fibre before the yarn

48 fibre sheets — where it comes from, how to recognise it, what it is good for, and its physical facts with their source. The engine consumes yarn only through your swatch; here is the story.

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Regenerated

Bamboo

Bamboo (natural/viscose)

viscose

The yarn for drape: very soft, lustrous and cool on the skin, it falls like a liquid and slips through the hands. In exchange for that flui…

Used clothes

Regenerated / Recycled Fibres

recycled

The most sustainable choice in the catalogue: fibres recovered from offcuts and end-of-life garments that become yarn again with little wat…

Soybean

Soy (Vegetable silk)

azlon (soybean protein)

The "vegetable silk": soft, lustrous and with a fluid drape that glides over the body. It is made from soy proteins, has very little elasti…