The Known Pack · The fleece behind the art
The art makes you smile.
The fleece makes it your favorite.
A design you love deserves the layer you reach for first. Meet the Comfort Colors 1566 crewneck and 1567 hoodie, the garment-dyed fleece behind every one of our Comfort Colors sweatshirts.
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Eight reasons it earns its place.
Soft from the first wear.
Ring-spun fleece is dyed after it is sewn, then washed, so it arrives with the lived-in softness most sweatshirts take a season to earn.
Mostly cotton, for a reason.
80% ring-spun cotton gives it a natural, breathable feel. The 20% polyester helps it hold its shape wash after wash, so the fit you love stays the fit you have.
Room to settle in.
A relaxed unisex cut layers easily over a tee. Our crewnecks and hoodies share the same body measurements, so once you know your size, it works for both.
Color with character.
Garment dyeing gives every shade a soft, slightly vintage depth, and each piece varies a little. Colors look softer in person than on a screen, which is part of the charm.
Built for cold mornings.
The 1567 hoodie is a heavy 9.5 oz fleece with a soft 100% cotton face, a jersey-lined hood with a color-matched flat cord, rolled-forward shoulders, and a half-moon patch at the back neck.
Details that do their job.
Ribbed cuffs and hem stretch as you pull it on and spring back to shape, and twill tape along the neck seam keeps the collar from stretching out.
Art in the fleece, not on top of it.
The artwork is printed direct-to-garment, which means the ink goes into the fabric rather than onto a film laid over it. No heavy patch, no rubbery square, no stiff edge you can feel through the sleeve. The print stays soft, moves with the fleece, and softens alongside it instead of cracking away from it. Every design is a large front-centered chest print unless the product page says otherwise.
Some birds are stitched, not printed.
A small set of our sweatshirts carries an embroidered emblem on the left chest instead of a printed graphic: a single bird in up to six colors of polyester thread, stitched straight through the fleece. No patch, no glue, nothing laid on top. It is the oldest way to put a picture on a sweatshirt and still the one that lasts longest; the thread will outlive the garment. Every embroidered design says Embroidered in its title. Everything else on this page is a print.
These details describe our Comfort Colors 1566 crewneck and 1567 hoodie. Other Known Pack garments have their own fabric, fit, and care information. Sources & garment details
Our art. Your coldest-morning favorite.
A snowy owl in the birches. A cardinal at the window. Pumpkins on the porch and a little sun to keep. Our designs bring a little of what you love into the layer you live in from the first cool evening to the last snow.
Find your kind of fit.
Garment-dyed fleece can shrink slightly after the first wash, so if you are between sizes, or want a roomier look, size up. Lay a favorite sweatshirt flat and compare its chest width and length to our guide.
Keep it in rotation.
- Machine wash cold, inside out.
- Tumble dry low.
- No bleach and no dry cleaning.
- Iron on low only, and never over the artwork or the embroidery.
Follow the care label and your product's instructions.
A few good questions.
What does garment-dyed mean?
The sweatshirt is dyed after it is sewn, rather than being cut from fabric that was dyed first. That is what gives each piece its soft, lived-in color, and why shades can vary slightly between garments and batches.
How is the artwork printed?
Direct-to-garment. The design is printed straight into the fabric with water-based ink, rather than cut from vinyl or pressed on as a transfer film. That is why the print feels like part of the sweatshirt instead of a patch stuck to it, and why it softens along with the fleece rather than peeling or cracking at the edges. It also means fine detail survives — the small flowers, the thin stems and the shading in our illustrations come through at full resolution. A small set of designs is embroidered instead; the title always says so. Who prints it, where, and how long it takes: how it’s made.
Which ones are embroidered?
Our embroidered sweatshirts, starting with the Blue Jay — The Loud One, carry a small stitched bird on the left chest rather than a large printed graphic. Same 1566 fleece, same fit, same care, with one addition: iron around the stitching, not over it. We never describe a print as stitching or the other way round, so if the title says Embroidered, it is thread; if it does not, it is a print.
Crewneck or hoodie?
They share the same body measurements, so choose by how you wear it. The crewneck is the easy everyday layer. The hoodie adds a jersey-lined hood and a front pocket for colder mornings and windy trailheads.
Will it shrink?
Garment-dyed fleece is washed during dyeing, which helps, but it can still shrink slightly with heat. Wash cold and tumble dry low. If you are between sizes, size up.
Is every Known Pack sweatshirt Comfort Colors?
Most are. A few designs use other blanks, such as our women's cropped fleece and a small number of graffiti sweatshirts. Each product page lists its exact garment, fabric, and size guide.
Find the one that feels like you.
Start with the art. Stay for the warmth.
Explore the SweatshirtsShop FallSources & garment details
- Comfort Colors: 1567 hooded sweatshirt fabric, construction, and care
- The Known Pack: Comfort Colors 1566 sweatshirt size guide
- The Known Pack: Comfort Colors 1567 hoodie size guide
- The Known Pack: why we choose Comfort Colors tees
- The Known Pack: how it’s made — printing, print partners, and turnaround
Comfort Colors is the garment brand; The Known Pack supplies the featured artwork and finished product offering. Printing method and print placement are ours.
