What Hand-Rolled Edges Actually Mean
Most scarves have machine-stitched edges. A serger runs along the perimeter, folds the fabric, and stitches it flat. It's fast and consistent.
Hand-rolled edges are slower. A person folds the edge of the fabric by hand, rolls it between their fingers to create a narrow hem, and stitches it by hand. The result is a slightly rounded edge instead of a flat one.
It looks different up close. More finished. The edge has a softness that a machine hem doesn't.
It's also how the highest-end scarves have been finished for a long time. It's what you find on a Hermès scarf.
Every scarf in this collection is hand-rolled. It adds time to the production. I think it's worth it.
When you hold the edge of one of these and feel how it's finished, you know something was done by hand.
— Reed Slater
Teascarf Brooklyn