Our quality

We promise: Your feet will love our KYU.ONE socks

Carefully selected raw materials such as organic cotton and a number of built-in features make them super comfortable to wear and longer lasting. Premium quality that you will see and feel.

Ready to nerd out? Our different sock types in a nutshell.

You need that extra piece of knowledge to make a better buying decision? Read on and dive deeper into our manufacturing techniques.

All of our socks are knitted the same way but still we are using different manufacturing techniques after all. Why? It's all about design! Means, based on the final design, we choose a suitable technique to actually apply the design onto our socks.

Jacquard socks 

The hallmark of Jacquard knitted socks are the basic looking patterns which reminds us of the graphic of our first computer games in the 90s. Since we are limited to single stitches to design a pattern, this technique allows us to create some incredibly nice looking pieces of pixel art. 

The challenge we face: We can't go as detailed and wild with our designs as with either of the two printing techniques.

Printed socks (sublimated)

With this method we can take our fanciest prints & artworks and transfer them onto our socks by using a high temperature heat press. Prior to that the artwork is simply printed onto a source printing paper, the machine can then simply use heat to transfer the design from the sublimation paper onto our crew socks.

The challenge we face: We print front and back separately, what leaves a marginal disconnect at the side of the sock. We try to connect the prints as well as possible, however, a slight disconnect cannot be avoided with this type of production.

Printed socks (360 degree)

The magic word here is seamless as this really gives us a full 360° print. But how does this actually work? The socks are stretched onto a cylinder that enables the printer to print the design seamlessly onto the socks. There is no visible disconnect whatsoever.

The challenge we face: We can use less detailed designs compared to a sublimated print. However, since technology becomes better, we hope to use this as our number one and only printing method in future.