What the number on the packet actually means
Thread count is only how many threads are woven into a square inch, and past about 400 the mill is usually counting each ply twice — a 200-thread percale sleeps cooler and outlasts a 1000-thread anything. Our fitted sheets are cut 40 cm deep because a South African queen base with a pillowtop on it is taller than the imported sizing allows for, and a sheet that pings off a corner at two in the morning is not a sheet. Everything here is washed once before it is folded and packed, so it goes onto the bed soft and it has already done its shrinking.
