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Finer Yarns & New
Finishing Technologies |
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| ECOLUTION® has always produced its fabrics in-house since we first began to manufacture hemp products more than a decade ago. Our weaving and knitting technologies have evolved into the premium quality and beautiful textiles that we offer today through years of careful attention to quality, innovation, and the demands of our market. ECOLUTION® fabrics have a uniquely rich and supple hand, and they ripple when shaken. Many years ago the naturally long fibers of our hemp limited the softness and fineness of our fabrics, because the longer and stronger fibers were also correspondingly stiffer and heavier. In the spring of 1999, we developed significantly finer 100% hemp yarns without sacrificing our all-natural, chemical-free method of mechanical fiber separation and preparation. This was accomplished by refining the hackling stage of our combing technology and the banding stage of our fiber preparation. |
These finer yarns allow us to weave and knit wonderfully light and soft 100% hemp fabrics, which are so much more durable than fabrics produced from hemp/cotton or chemically processed short-fiber hemp yarns. The rich texture of our textiles is enhanced with air finishing, a new environmentally-sound finishing technology that uses strong blasts of compressed air to soften the fabric. This softening brings out the inherent beauty and uniquely rich character of natural, long-fiber hemp. With the linen-like feel of our fabrics and our attention to style, quality, detail, and innovation, ECOLUTION® has become a strongly fashion-forward market leader in the eco-textiles world. |
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Our Fabrics
Hemp fibers have many valuable qualities that are quite desirable in a textile material. Some of these are listed here:
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Hemp makes a strong, durable, comfortable, healthy, and high-performance fabric that's great for all seasons and for use indoors and out.
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Hemp is an exceptionally comfortable and healthy fabric to wear, since it's hypoallergenic and nonirritating to the skin. |
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Hemp has excellent insulative and conductive qualities. When compared to cotton, for example, hemp is warmer yet breathes better. For hot weather, hemp has superior conductive qualities to those of all other textile fibers (equaled only by flax), allowing the wearer to feel cool, comfortable, and fresh in very hot and/or humid conditions. Aditionally, the shaft-like structure of the hemp fiber molecule allows it to wick moisture right off the body, dry quickly, and, in cold conditions, even feel warm when wet.
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Hemp fabric is very resistant to degradation from mold, bacteria, salt water, sunlight, abrasion, and chemicals, while being fully biodegradable (unlike synthetic fibers).
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Hemp provides unparalleled protection from UV radiation.
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Hemp textiles have rich and supple texture and tremendous strenght and durability.
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Hemp is an excellent ecological alternative to environmentally destructive conventional cotton cultivation and synthetics. |
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| WOVEN FABRICS |
1. HF16
100% hemp
6oz/sq yard |
2. HF14
100% hemp
6.5oz/sq yard |
3. HFC1
100% hemp
10oz/sq yard |
4. HFHB1
100% hemp
13oz/sq yard |
5. HFHWC2
100% hemp
14oz/sq yard |
6. HFHWC1
100% hemp
18oz/sq yard |
7. HFHWC4
100% hemp
14oz/sq yard |
8. HFSH2
100% hemp
21oz/sq yard |
KNIT FABRICS |
9. KNSS1
42% hemp
58% flax |
10. KNSS2
42% hemp
58% flax |
11. KN1
100% hemp |
12. KN2
100% hemp |
13. KN7
42% hemp
58% flax |
14. KN8
42% hemp
58% flax |
15. KN11
42% hemp
58% flax |
16. SHW1
42% hemp
58% flax |
17. SW1
42% hemp
58% flax |
18. KNHB1
100% hemp |
19. KNHB2
100% hemp |
20. KNRAIN1
100% hemp |
21. KNC2
100% hemp |
22. KNH1
100% hemp |
23. SO1
42% hemp
58% flax |
24. MITRAIN
100% hemp |
25. CZ1
100% hemp |
26. KWH1
100% hemp |
27. KKH1
100% hemp |
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