8/2 Cotton

8/2 NeC cotton is our most popular yarn count. It is widely used for towels, tea towels, baby blankets, runners and cloth for handmade clothing.

It is directly interchangeable with our 22/2 NeL (linen count) yarns.

Products

These are our 8/2 NeC or equivalent products:

Garnhuset Cotton 8/2

Garnhuset Mercerised Cotton 8/2

Garnhuset Cotton-Linen 22/2

Valley Yarns Cotton 8/2 Variegated

Valley Yarns Tencel™ 8/2

Meridian Mill House Tencel™ 8/2

Brassard Bamboo 8/2

Brassard Cotton Bouclé 8/2

Characteristics

Imperial Length	3600 yd/lb
Metric Length	6800m/kg
Wraps Per Inch	36 wpi
Suggested Sett (loose, plain, twill)	16, 18, 22 EPI

Equivalent Counts

Metric Count	14/2 Nm
Linen Count	22/2 NeL
Tex	74/2 tex