ARTILECT has been working in partnership with Nuyarn Merino wool technologies to develop new fabrics that push the boundaries of performance, integrate sustainable materials including banana fibers, Tencel and cotton, and offer up to eight times the durability and product lifespan of comparable fabrics.
Nuyarn is a spinning technology that amplifies the natural performance properties of Merino wool, producing yarn for ultralight, high-performance stretch fabrics.
Whereas conventional ring-spun or core-spun Merino twists wool fibers into a rope-like structure (which significantly reduces the performance potential of wool), Nuyarn drafts fibers along a high-performance core, creating a structure that amplifies the fiber’s natural properties.
Nuyarn’s incredibly fine, two-ply twist-free yarn performs better across the board – in stretch, loft, strength, comfort, volume, dry time, next-to-skin feel and mechanical abrasion, spirality, pilling, elasticity, warmth, and ultraviolet protection.
Nuyarn-based fabric outperforms competitors in five key areas:
- Five times faster drying
- 85 percent more elasticity
- 53 percent less air permeability
- 35 percent higher thermal retention
- 50 percent higher burst strength and 120 percent stronger seams
Additional Benefits of Nuyarn:
- Because Nuyarn is a mechanical process (vs. chemical), the benefits last for the entire lifetime of the garment.
- Nuyarn garments outlast traditional Merino garments by up to 8.8 times.
- No twist means greater comfort and softness. (The itchiness of traditional Merino results primarily from the twisting of yarn into a ropelike structure, forcing smaller fibers to stick out).
ARTILECT’s Spring/Summer 2022 collections are available at specialty retail and online at https://artilect.studio.
