12/2 RS, CP
100% Supima
Extra-long Staple Natural Cotton
Unwaxed ready to dye
This cotton is on a 3lb, 6oz, cardboard cone @ $15 per pound. $50 per cone
5040 yards per pound, 36 wpi
Being a extra long staple cotton it is very strong.
I have 75 cones on hand. Plus shipping from GA, USA.
Supima accounts for only about three percent of annual cotton production in the United States. Its fineness and longer staple length makes Supima (Superior Pima) a premium cotton fiber. The Supima® trademark is the consumer's only guarantee that a product is made of 100% American Pima cotton. The Federal Trade Commission ruled in June of 1997 that manufacturers and retailers would have to itemize cotton source content on any apparel or textile product when the name of a premium fiber was being used.
This cotton was grown on one farm in California and Ginned on the farm; it is more expensive because Pima cotton is roller-ginned, not saw-ginned like upland cotton. The fiber was spun and plied in Georgia. This is the largest yarn size produced by my local mill.
"Pima" is a generic term for extra-long staple cotton grown in the US, Australia, Peru and a few other countries. It was once called American-Egyptian cotton, but was renamed to honor the Pima Indians who were growing cotton in Sacaton Arizona. "Supima" is 100% American grown Pima cotton.