Twenty to Thirty, Class One: Compression Sock Nurse Tee

Twenty to thirty means 20 to 30 mmHg, which is medical class 1 compression. The ladder runs 15 to 20 over the counter, 20 to 30 class 1, 30 to 40 class 2 and 40 to 50 class 3. Twenty to thirty is the number a nurse learns to shop by, and it gets said the way other people say a shoe size.

To everyone else it is an age bracket, a speed limit or a price. They pick one and they are sure, and none of the three is anywhere near it. This is the cleanest example of the whole mechanic in the set.

A compression sock sits above the numerals, drawn from scratch in stipple, laid flat and empty with the graduated knit rendered as changing dot density from ankle to calf. CLASS ONE is set small underneath. This is a cotton tee with a picture of a sock on it, not a compression garment.

What it is

• Unisex softstyle tee, 4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)
• 100% ring-spun cotton in the solid colors. Sport Grey is a 90% cotton, 10% polyester blend, and Dark Heather is 65% polyester, 35% cotton
• Double stitched neckline and sleeves, side seamed, tear away label
• Sizes S through 3XL
• Fourteen colors. Seven light ones printed in near black ink, seven dark ones printed in cream

Where it comes from

Custom printed in the USA. Every shirt is printed here, one at a time, on a soft cotton blank woven overseas.

Nothing is printed until you order it, so nothing sits in a warehouse and nothing gets thrown away.

Getting it to you

Free US shipping on orders $45 and up. Under that it is a flat $8.00. We make it after you order it, which takes 2 to 5 business days, and it then takes 3 to 4 business days to reach you from a US facility. Most orders arrive in 5 to 9 business days. You get a tracking number by email as soon as the label is created.

Care

Machine wash cold, inside out, gentle cycle. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print.

The Natural colorway

Natural has small dark speckles through the fabric. That is the undyed cotton showing, and it is expected rather than a fault.