As the name suggests, Egyptian cotton is cotton grown along the Nile River in Egypt. This place boasts the most excellent quality cotton because of its optimal climate and handpicked harvesting methods. This processing setup produces cotton fibers that are soft and remain long stapled, resulting in silky smooth Egyptian cotton bed sheets which can last for years.
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Difference Between Bed Cover and Bed Sheet
Commonly used in North America, but uncommon in Europe, a top sheet (also known as a flat sheet), is the sheet that separates you from your comforter, blanket, or quilt. In Europe (and very slowly catching on in the United States), the duvet cover takes the place of the top sheet.
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Thread count is another important factor, but not in the way it is popularly conceived. The common knowledge about thread count is that higher is always better, but that’s not always true. In fact, brands selling sheets with astronomically high thread counts in the thousands are usually fudging the numbers with double-ply threads or other sly methods.