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Drift
Wind moving through the room as your shoulders drop.
GUSS / SKEIN NO. 02 / FIELD ISSUE
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A better hat for the hot room.
250 hand-felted sauna hats made from organic New Zealand wool. Built to buffer your head from the sharpest heat, so your body can stay with the session longer.
250 hats
G-SS26
24h early access
Get the release note, the early link, and first look at the four sensations.
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Buffers hair, scalp, and heat
Hand-numbered release
Made for actual sauna people
- 250
- hats only
- $95
- launch price
- 24h
- early access
organic New Zealand wool
wet-felted in Nepal
hand-numbered edition
oversized full-head fit
01 / First Look
First look at the object.
Image pendingHat on bench, in hand, or in steam.
Video pendingShort try-on: over eyes, hair fit, steam room.
TextureClose wool detail
Oversized fitOver eyes / hair room
Hot roomExtra product detail
02 / Field Study
The hat is the tool. The room is the test.
Most sauna hats are costume or commodity. Skein No. 02 is neither.
This is a finite run of dense 6mm felted wool hats shaped for full-head coverage, with enough room to sit low over the eyes or make space for hair. The wool buffers the part of you closest to the hottest air in the room, so your body can keep warming after your head would usually tell you to leave.
No two are the same. The pattern is not printed. It comes from the way the wool is placed, worked, compressed, and finished by hand.
Wool, water, pressure, time. Then heat, steam, river, repeat.
03 / Four Sensations
Choose by feeling first.
02
Threshold
The crossing from heat to cold and back again.
03
Pulse
The heartbeat under the heat, steady and bright.
04
Ground
The return to your body after the last pour.
Pick your first instinct. If you join, we tag it to your signup.
03B / Product Study
See the object plainly.
Front
Ecom shot
Side
Ecom shot
Back
Ecom shot
Detail
Ecom shot
04 / Release Ledger
A small release with a visible trail.
Waitlist members receive the release note first, then a 24-hour private window before the public page opens. Once the 250 hats are spoken for, this skein closes.
Edition
Skein No. 02
Quantity
250 total
Samples
4 sensations
Waitlist
24 hour early access
Will this actually help?
Yes. It insulates the part of you sitting closest to the hottest air.
Why get on the list?
Because this is a small release, and you get first choice before everyone else.
What makes this drop special?
What brings you energy? For us, it is time outside and in the heat with those we love. This hat is made for times like that.
GUSS / HIDDEN ISSUE
You read past the steam.
Most people will never make it this far. You did. Thanks for reading this and spending time here. As a reward, your profile is marked as having found the Guss (pronounced gōōs) egg.
Once the early access window opens, the first order from someone who found the egg will receive Hat No. 001 from the sauna hat collection.
Image pendingOne strong photo before Why It Works.
Video pendingShort vertical or square sauna hat clip.
05 / Why It Works
The hat changes the heat.
Dense wool insulates the scalp, ears, and crown from the hottest air in the room.
Less head dizziness. Less hair heat. More time for the body to settle into the sauna.
Wool belongs in the sauna because the natural fibers are antibacterial, durable, breathable, and free of synthetic or plastic materials that do not belong in high-heat environments.
Join the waitlist
The first door opens by email.
The public page gets whatever is left. The list gets the first clean look.
Common Questions
Before you enter the hot room.
What does the waitlist actually get me?
24 hours of early access, launch timing before the public release, field notes from production, and first look at photography.
How many hats are available?
250 total. Each is hand-numbered and belongs to this skein.
What does it cost?
$95 per hat. Same price for any of the four sensations.
Why wool in a sauna?
Dense felted wool insulates your head from the hottest air in the room. That helps the body warm more evenly and can make sessions feel steadier.
Why do you call it a skein?
A skein is wool in bundled form. It is also a formation in flight. Both meanings fit a numbered, finite release.
Tell me more about Guss.
Guss is a mobile sauna. We go where the rivers flow. We are heat and movement. Based in Portland, Oregon, we share objects for the rhythm of ritual with those who care deeply about the thermal cycle and the objects used in the heat.
Skein No. 02
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