OTP hitting their stride

cat in clothes dryer

It has been almost 75 days of continuous wear for the onetruepants.  More importantly they have endured 11 machine washings.  I personally have only endured two, but that was enough for me.  Well, maybe one more… but I usually take the OTP off before washing them.

After just shy of a dozen washings I feel that the hemp has reached its prime.  Soft and comfortable the fabric drapes well yet with enough form to function for a wide variety of duties.  OTP have worked on top of roofs, recreated in parks, attended a wedding, changed poopy diapers, snuggled in the dark and spent long days on the road.

The first most surprising element of the pants has been their dirt and stain resistance.  Now I have not tried wine or mustard yet, and don’t plan on putting the pants through intentional distress, but I have encountered, pine pitch, snot, salsa, manure, fresh grass clippings, soot, dirt, grease and more.  I have not applied any stain remover or even treated the pants.  Just worn them until wash day and thrown them in.

The pitch was still visible until the second wash when it finally dissolved completely.  Most invading elements have been able to be simply brushed off.  No scientific study has been conducted as of yet, but my initial theory is that the weave and texture of the hemp is resistant to absorption and adhesion of foreign objects.  Anyway, it has been a pleasure up to this point to live in the OTP.  Let’s hope it remains so.