How different materials decompose – The Aig...

July 14th 2023

Last week I wrote about the loopwheel knitter Aigat , one of the most specialised producers of loopwheel fabric - for sweatshirts, T-shirts etc - in Japan. Something I wanted to save for a separate article was the display they had in their receptio...

How different materials decompose – The Aig...

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It is a little delicate, but if you look after it half-decently it will certainly age well. If your attitude to clothes on holiday is as you describe though, it might not be very fitting, no...

July 14th 2023

How loopwheel sweatshirt fabric is made – at Aiga...

July 3rd 2023

In the corner of the Aigat mill in Wakayama, there are a few knitting machines that look like none of the others - monsters, hybrids. The rest of the mill is split in two, with the more modern ‘sinker’ machines (below) in one half, woode...

How loopwheel sweatshirt fabric is made – at Aiga...

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Hi Omar, Lovely to hear from you. I'm afraid Aigat didn't want to be contacted and said they had too much business - Real McCoy's struggle to get enough made themselves. Sorry I can't help. S...

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