For many years...until Pakistan pulled the rug from under the Australian Weaving Industry...I was employed as a weaver and our fabrics were pretty close to perfect. Then in an effort to make a larger profit the company started bringing the yarns in from off shore. So we were weaving Indian/Pakistan yarns...then the breaks and blemishes began appearing. Yarn breakage means knots everywhere which means lumps and bumps...although minuscule they’re there nonetheless. Then they bought our weave looms and took them offshore too. So hence the suggestion to wash before using them. Goodness knows what king of vermin has been living/urinating in the bundles of unwoven yarn.

the sheets I ordered are lovely and a very generous size. We always have trouble getting fitted sheets to fit our queen mattress and even this queen size fitted sheet is probably a little too big and the king sized flat sheet is decedent. The sheets are a bit scratchy after first wash but they get soft again quickly

Doesn’t have the same ‘bamboo’ feel to it that other sheets purchased have.