Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and certain other animals, including cashmere from goats, mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.

Wool has several qualities that distinguish it from hair or fur: it is crimped, it is elastic, and it grows in staples (clusters).

Characteristics

Wool's scaling and crimp make it easier to spin the fleece by helping the individual fibers attach to each other, so they stay together. Because of the crimp, wool fabrics have greater bulk than other textiles, and they hold air, which causes the fabric to retain heat. Wool has a high specific heat coefficient, so it impedes heat transfer in general. This effect has benefited desert peoples, as Bedouins and Tuaregs use wool clothes for insulation.

Felting of wool occurs upon hammering or other mechanical agitation as the microscopic barbs on the surface of wool fibers hook together.

The amount of crimp corresponds to the fineness of the wool fibers. A fine wool like Merino may have up to 100 crimps per inch, while the coarser wools like karakul may have as few as one or two. In contrast, hair has little if any scale and no crimp, and little ability to bind into yarn. On sheep, the hair part of the fleece is called kemp. The relative amounts of kemp to wool vary from breed to breed and make some fleeces more desirable for spinning, felting, or carding into batts for quilts or other insulating products, including the famous tweed cloth of Scotland.

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Lesotho wool farmers call for regime change in spat over exports, payments

Eye Witness News 29 May 2019

Lesotho wool and mohair farmers say they were forced by the government to export through a Chinese-owned broker, Maseru Dawning, last year but many are still queuing at banks waiting to get their money ... ....

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Lauren Ralph Lauren Men's Wool Sport Coat for $58.96 + pickup at Macy's

CNET 29 May 2019

Macy's offers the Lauren Ralph Lauren Men's Wool Sport Coat in Brown for $52.96. Opt for in-store pickup to avoid the $9.95 shipping charge. That's $17 under our mention from a month ago, $297 off, and the best price we've seen. Buy Now. Features. Available in select R and L sizes from 36 to 44 ... ....

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Lesotho wool farmers: 'We need regime change' [Part2]

Eye Witness News 29 May 2019

Lesotho wool and mohair farmers say they were forced by government to export through Chinese-owned broker Maseru Dawning last year, but many are still queuing at banks, waiting to get their money ... ....

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Lesotho wool farmers: 'We need regime change' [Part1]

Eye Witness News 29 May 2019

EWN reporter Nthakoana Ngatane interviews Khotsang Moshoeshoe who is lobbying SA buyers to boycott Lesotho wool and mohair. Farmers say they were forced by the government to export through Chinese-owned broker Maseru Dawning last year, but many are still queuing at banks, waiting to get their money ... ....

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Lesotho wool farmers: 'We need regime change' [Part3]

Eye Witness News 29 May 2019

EWN reporter Nthakoana Ngatane interviews Khotsang Moshoeshoe who is lobbying South African buyers to boycott Lesotho wool. He has also called for South African farmers to stop exporting food to the kingdom until that government respects the rule of law ... ....

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Lesotho wool industry woes deepen as SA testing bureau withholds certification

Eye Witness News 29 May 2019

Lesotho Wool Centre manager and Chinese national Stone Shi has accused his competitors - South African wool brokers - and the bureau of ganging up against him ... ....

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Wool growers to meet following sheepdog event

Red Bluff Daily News 29 May 2019

The Northern California Wool Growers will hold its annual membership barbecue Sunday, June 9 in conjunction with the Redwood Empire Sheepdog Association Sheepdog Trial ... .......

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Basque restaurant Wool Growers in Bakersfield, Calif.

The Pantagraph 28 May 2019

Basque restaurant Wool Growers in Bakersfield, Calif. (Charles Fleming/Los Angeles Times/TNS) ... ....

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Can fashion labels ever be ethical, or are they pulling the wool over our eyes?

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 28 May 2019

From dangerous sweatshops to 'blackface' sweaters, the fashion industry is never far from an ethical quagmire. So, is there a way to buy clothes with a clear conscience? And, should we believe brands that say they're 'woke'? ... ....

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Rain brings insects in latest blow to drought-hit graziers

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 28 May 2019

Graziers living in central-west Queensland are devastated they won't benefit from rainfall earlier this year after a boom in insects decimates their properties ... ....

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Wool and sheep price report

Capital Press 25 May 2019

National Wool Review ... Domestic wool trading on a clean basis was at a standstill this week ... Wools shorter than 75 mm typically discounted .10-.20 clean. Classed and skirted wools usually trade at a .10-.20 premium to original bag prices ... Domestic wool tags are delivered to buyer and reported on a greasy basis ... wooled 100-140 lbs 137.50-175.00....

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Radio 1's Big Weekend acts recreated in wool

BBC News 24 May 2019

The Nunthorpe & Marton Knitters are welcoming the stars of Radio 1's Big Weekend ... ....

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China Agricultural Products Import Tariff Quotas Report 2019: Focus on Corn, Wheat, Rice, Cotton, Sugar, Wool, & Wool Top

PR Newswire 24 May 2019

According to this analysis, by May 2019, the Interim Measures applies to agricultural products including wheat, corn, rice, sugar, cotton, wool and wool top ... The import of wool and wool top is exclusive to designated companies....