The LOOPWHEEL SWEATSHIRT CARDIGAN is made from 10oz loopwheel knit cotton with a brushed loopback French terry interior, offering a softer and warmer feel than its unbrushed counterpart. It's finished with urea button closures and two front pockets.

Loopwheel machines, which produce this tubular constructed fabric, are renowned for their slow knitting pace, producing only a single meter of fabric per hour. However, this low thread tension technique is what sets them apart from contemporary manufacturing methods and creates an exceptional and distinctive fabric. The resulting material is reminiscent of hand-woven textiles and possesses a unique stretchy quality and washed look, similar to old American sweatshirts that can only be reproduced on a loopwheel knitting machine. This loopwheel sweat is knitted in Wakayama, Japan, using extremely rare machines known in Japan as Tsuriami-ki, and requires rare skills and techniques, exclusively for The Real McCoy's.

Unlike mass-produced sweatshirts, The Real McCoy's use different yarns across the layers of the fabric to achieve optimal finish, density, and comfort. Like the best vintage sweatshirts, the gusset details featured here have been sewn in. While this is a time-consuming process, it adds a layer of reinforcement, prevents the neck from stretching, and acts similarly to a sweatband.

10oz Cotton Loopwheel Knit Fabric

Urea Buttons

Sewn-in Gusset Details

Cotton Thread Construction

Made in Japan