We tried making a product using recycled cotton, created using a technique called "hanmo". Hanmo is a technique that returns unused clothes, threads, and fabrics to their fibrous state. We asked "Tosaka Hanmo" in Aichi Prefecture to do the hanmo. It was founded in 1971, and has been involved in recycling ever since the high economic growth period. Even 100% cotton clothes can contain impurities such as stitching threads and name tags, so Tosaka Hanmo uses leftover threads and fabrics from spinning factories and fabric stores, as well as cutting waste from sewing factories. However, there is a possibility that impurities may still be mixed in, so the finished cotton is inspected for each hanmo. First, the raw material is roughly cut with a cutting machine, and water containing oil is poured on the cut ends. This is to prevent neps when made into thread and to prevent the risk of fire due to heat. The amount of water to be added is changed depending on the temperature and weather at the time, and it is a process that cannot be done without the "skill" of a master craftsman. Finally, the fibers are de-fleeced. They are passed through five de-fleece machines, each with different sized teeth that scratch the fibers, gradually breaking them down into smaller pieces. Starting with the larger teeth, the fibers become finer as they are gradually de-fleeced. The recycled cotton produced in this way is mixed with Indian organic cotton in a 50/50 ratio at Asahi Boseki in Sennan, Osaka, and spun into yarn. Because the fibers of de-fleece are short, they need to be mixed with virgin cotton to give them strength. The yarn made in this way is a de-fleece fleece sweatshirt, a vintage-like sweatshirt that makes use of the rough texture of the recycled cotton. The sleeve features an embroidery of a seahorse with the letter "S" for Sunny clouds.