Comments on: How long of a thread do you need to weave a bed sheet?

By: Sunny Kalara

Sunny Kalara — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:03:56 +0000

I am pretty sure that 15 miles length for 200 thread count Queen sheet is correct. 200 thread count includes both left to right and head to foot.

The simplest definition of thread count is the number of threads, both horizontally and vertically, within one square inch of the fabric.

You might be double counting because colloquial 200 “thread per inch” is not really thread per inch, it is 200 threads per inch square. With your count of threads, it will be considered 400 thread count sheet.

Thanks for your comment.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:47:52 +0000

By my figuring Sunny is off by about a factor of two. Recall that the threads run both head to foot and left to right so you will have 80 in * 200 t/i = 16000 threads in one direction and 12000 in the other dimension. The total length of threads should be 2*80*60*200=1.90E6″ or 30.3 statute miles. Had you used gone for some really high-end 350 count sheets you would get 53 statute miles and if that were Cal King you would get as high as 67.2 miles! For a low thread count twin sheet I get 13.5 miles, still far more than I had thought about.

We take the cotton gin and the loom for granted these days.

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By: Sunny

Sunny — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:10:20 +0000

Answer:
About 15 miles.
Assumptions: Queen Sized Bed sheet
Thread count 200.

Thread count is defined as
The simplest definition of thread count is the number of threads, both horizontally and vertically, within one square inch of the fabric.

So each sq. inch has 200 inches of thread.
Queen size bedsheet is 80″ x 60″

Total thread is 200×80x60 = 960,000 inches
63,360 inches = 1 mile
total length of the thread in a bed sheet : 15.3 miles.