Loopwheel After Hooded Parka - Blue/Yellow trmdenim Composition sole

Composition sole

Brown Italian Horsebutt Leather (finished in Japan)

With a single velcro chest pocket and two cozy hand pockets a little lower down

Clean finish interior

the fabric will relax and open up from wear

Loopwheel After Hooded Parka - Blue/Yellow trmdenim Composition soleSome of the very best sweatshirts in the world are made with loopwheeled fabric from Wakayama, Japan. 400 loopwheel knitting machines remain in Japan, with about 200 running at any time. Each machine can only produce about 12 meters a day roughly 8 sweatshirts worth. These machines were the standard from the 1920's until the 1960s when higher speed (and higher tension) knitting took over for the sake of efficiency at the cost of softness and comfort.