Organic Cotton Sheet Set

Everything that goes on the bed, in one order, in the same cloth. A fitted sheet with a 15 inch pocket, a flat sheet cut generously enough that it still tucks after it shrinks, and two pillowcases. Twin ships with one case, since a twin bed takes one pillow. Sateen is a four-over-one float, so four of every five threads sit on the surface rather than being tied down into the weave. That is where the low sheen and the cool slide come from, and because it is structural rather than a finish, it survives washing. The count is 300, and what you feel is the fiber and the weave rather than the number. The cotton is long-staple, so the yarn spins fine and even without the short ends that make cheaper cotton pill. Buying the set matters more than it sounds, because sheets bought separately over a few years rarely match once each has faded on its own schedule. The color is the cotton's own. No bleaching and no optical brighteners, so it reads as a warm natural off-white rather than the blue-white of most bedding. Cut and sewn in New Jersey. This set is Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Certified Organic under license GOTS-10229, issued by Oregon Tilth. Ask me for the certificate and I will send it. Thread count explained: what 300 really means on a sheet covers the FTC ply rule, percale against sateen, and why staple length outlasts the number.