Abstract: A method of processing relatively inexpensive gin motes to reclaim the spinnable but normally waste cotton fibers contained therein and form a reduced cost yarn therefrom. The method involves cleaning the gin motes to separate and remove from the cotton fibers of the gin motes, the substantial portion of trash mixed therewith, and thereafter carding and drafting to separate and remove further amounts of trash therefrom. Subsequently, the thus processed cotton fibers of the gin motes are advanced through a combing machine and combed while additional trash is separated and removed and while short non-spinnable fibers are also removed to reduce the coefficient of variation in fiber length to a level suitable for subsequent processing into yarns. The resultant reclaimed spinnable fibers may be further processed by conventional methods, either directly from the comber to open-end or ring spinning, or indirectly by baling and later processing, alone or in blends with other fibers, to form yarns.