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Reference threads from our departments: each production step and each fibre, with sources.

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From cotton picking to finished garment in 12 steps

Each step is a pinned thread: what happens, why it matters, best practice with its sources and, where we have them, BHR’s own figures.

  1. 01Growing cotton
  2. 02Cotton picking
  3. 03Ginning
  4. 04Fibre testing and classing
  5. 05Opening, blending and cleaning
  6. 06Carding and drawing
  7. 07Spinning and winding
  8. 08Knitting and weaving
  9. 09Dyeing and finishing
  10. 10Pattern making and cutting
  11. 11Sewing and printing
  12. 12Inspection, packing and delivery

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