Run one · Greater Manchester
Mesh trucker
An embroidered trucker cap with the C.O mark on the front. The first samples are stitched; the blank and fit are being checked before the production specification is confirmed. One small run of 25, documented from the first drawing onwards.
£42plus £3.95 postage
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Before you buy. You can cancel within 14 days of the cap arriving, for any reason. Returns in full · Terms of sale
Specification
What it is
Provisional — taken from the samples. Confirmed when the production blank is chosen.
Construction
- Panels
- Five, mesh back
- Fabric
- 100% cotton front and peak, 100% polyester mesh back
- Closure
- Snapback, adjustable
- Peak
- To be confirmed with the blank
- Sizing
- One size
The mark
- Front panel
- 55 mm
- Stitch width
- 1.6 mm
- Hangtag
- Numbered, 001 / 025
Made
- Colourways
- Black / Bone · Smoke / Grey
- Run
- 25 caps
- Embroidered
- Greater Manchester
- Care
- Spot clean only. Do not bleach or tumble dry. Rain marks: wet the whole cap and let it air dry
Build record
How it's being made
- 01
The mark drawn
A fine-line C with an O sitting in the aperture. Drawn as a single continuous weight so it could be stitched rather than printed.
- 02
Stitch scale tested
The mark checked at 55 mm, its size on the front panel, then shrunk to 24 mm and 12 mm to see how small it could go and still read, for things like a label. The front panel is the only place it's stitched. It still reads at 12 mm with no detail lost.
Stitch scale — 55 / 24 / 12 mm - 03
Line weight chosen
Four stitch widths run side by side and compared at 40 px, the size the mark appears at in a feed. 0.9 mm broke up, 2.1 mm lost the fineness. 1.6 mm held at both sizes and became the spec.
Weight ladder — 0.9 / 1.2 / 1.6 / 2.1 mm - 04
Hangtag artwork
50 × 90 mm, front and back, in ink and bone. Specification and care on the reverse rather than a slogan, and a line for the number, written by hand.
Hangtag — 50 × 90 mm - 05
First samples stitched
The first caps off the machine, to check the mark at size on real cloth rather than on screen.
- 06
Peak tested
A sample's flat peak bent round a mug overnight, to see whether it would take a curve and keep it. It took the curve and held it that evening, but had relaxed by the next afternoon: a curved peak needs shaping properly when the run is made.
- 07
Sample approved
Or sent back and stitched again. Whichever happens gets posted.
Not yet - 08
Run stitched
The full run of 25, in both colourways.
Not yet
Who made it
One person.
C.O is one person in Greater Manchester. I draw the artwork, set the specification, check the samples and post the caps myself. There is no team and no warehouse — the run is small because that is what one person can do properly. Everything above was worked out in public, including the parts that did not work first time.
After you order
Delivery and returns
- Dispatch
- Within 3 working days
- Postage
- £3.95, Royal Mail Tracked 48, added at checkout
- Delivery area
- United Kingdom only
- Payment
- Stripe. Card details are never held by C.O
- Changed your mind
- 14 days from delivery for a full refund, including the postage you paid to receive it
- Faulty or wrong
- 30 days to reject it. Return postage paid by C.O
The full detail is on the shipping page, the returns page and the terms of sale.
The list
Twenty-five caps. Each one numbered.
First chance at the 25. One email when the run lands. Nothing else, and you can leave any time.
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