If you've ever tried shopping for bed sheets, you might recognize the term 'cotton percale'. Perhaps you've spotted the words on a care tag or scrolled past them online. You might even own cotton percale bedding and still not understand exactly what you're sleeping on.
Here's what you need to know. Where cotton is a type of fiber, percale is a kind of weave. Cotton percale is what happens when cotton fibers are simply woven in a criss-cross pattern. This makes cool, crisp sheets, which is why hot sleepers often choose cotton percale over other bed sheet types.
