12oz Fabric: Made from 90% cotton and 10% rayon this fabric is very soft to touch and has minimal shrinkage.

80/20: Generally refers to the fabric content in many of our fleece items where indicated, 80% cotton / 20% polyester.

Appliqué: A surface design made by cutting out fabric and applying to another fabric either by stitching or embroidery

Embroidery: A design created on a garment using stitching with various types of thread.

Garment-Dyeing (GD): The process of dyeing a complete garment after it is assembled.

Lycra ® spandex: A stretchable man made material that is often added to fabrics like nylon or cotton.

Piece-Dyeing (PD): The process of dyeing the fabric before the individual pieces of the garment are cut and sewn together.

RBA or Roots Beaver Athletics: The name of our original logo found on many of our t-shirts and sweats.

Reverse Fleece: The brushed (or what would usually be on the inside of the garment) side of the fabric is used on the outside of the garment. The density of the loops on the brushed side is quite thick for a plusher surface once brushed.

Sandblasted: A process that blasts sand at particular areas of a garment. The sand is blasted at a certain level that the strength of the fabric is not affected, however the desired look is achieved.

Sueded Fleece: The surface of the fabric used is sanded to give it a “sueded” feel. The fleece is passed under a roller at one speed, while a very fine emery type paper is rolled against the fleece at another speed.

Stonewashed: A process of washing a garment with pumice stones and water to give the garment a weathered look, while softening the fabric.

Twill: A strong fabric often made from cotton or nylon.

Vintaged: A process achieved by one or many of the following stonewashing or sandblasting to give a garment an aged feel and look.

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