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Bamboo fabric is relatively new, having been produced in China commercially for the first time in 2000. The bamboo used in our bed linen comes from protected, non-polluted bamboo plantations in the Sichuan province of China.
It is grown in strict accordance with international organic standards. This ensures that each bamboo selected is of 100% natural growth, without any chemical pesticides or fertilisers. The bed linen is dyed using azo-free environmental protecting dyes.
Bamboo fibre fabric production flow:
bamboo pulp fibre yarn fabric
    
Firstly, bamboo pulp is refined from bamboo through a mechanical process of crushing the woody parts of the bamboo plant using the natural enzymes break the bamboo walls into a mushy mass so that the natural fibers can be mechanically combed out and spun into yarn. This is essentially the same eco-friendly manufacturing process used to produce linen fabric from flax or hemp. It is then further processed, turning the pulp into bamboo fibre. Our manufacturer produces organic bamboo fabric leaving the bamboo fibre unbleached. It is a new environmentally friendly raw material with infinite application prospects.
To make bamboo fibre, bamboo is heavily pulped until it separates into thin component threads of fibre which can be spun and dyed for weaving into cloth. Repeated tests have proven that it has a strong durability. The bamboo fabric has similar qualities to classic viscose and drapes beautifully. At a microscopic level, bamboo fibre has a round surface. As a result of this, it is very smooth and sits very comfortably next to the skin. 
Due to its special structure and natural "hollowness" in the horizontal cross sections, the abundant gaps in the fibre can absorb and evaporate the moisture of human skin instantly. Bamboo fibre is created as a monofilament yarn with no short strands to break or pill. It is also easy to straighten and dye.
Bamboo can be spun purely or blended with other materials such as cotton, hemp and silk. Cloth made by blending bamboo fibre with cotton or other raw materials retains all of the beneficial properties of pure bamboo. The fabric used in our bed linen is 60% bamboo and 40% cotton. Bamboo fibre resembles cotton in its unspun form, a puffball of light, airy fibres. After hi-tech processing bamboo fibre is thinner than hair and has anti-static properties.
Test results show that after bacteria was incubated on bamboo fibre fabric, over 70% of these bacteria died. In addition, tests have found that after countless washes, bamboo fabric still possessed these anti-bacterial functions. All our products are odour resistant, staying fresher for longer, because the fabric naturally stops bacteria from spreading. As a result, they’re also healthier and more hygienic.
Bamboo fibre comes from nature, and returns completely to
nature in the end.
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