wool

     

Wool is the fiber erived from the fur of animals of the Caprinae family, principally sheep, but the hair of certain species of other mammals such as goats, llamas and rabbits may also be called wool. Wool has two qualities that distinguish it from hair or fur: it has scales which overlap like shingles on a roof and it is crimped; in some fleeces the wool fibers have more than 20 bends per inch.

Trivia about wool

  • This llama product is used to make hats, blankets & fishing flies
  • To deceive someone is to "pull" this material "over the eyes"
  • The FTC enforces the use of the term "virgin" on labels for this fiber
  • The 7th isn't so lucky if your skin is sensitive to this natural fabric, though the Merino type is finer
  • Historically, this was the material most commonly used for tapestries
  • Product reserved in bags for the master, the dame, & the little boy
  • In Old England, a sack was a unit of weight for this fiber covering 364 pounds; so 3 sacks full weighed 1092 lbs.
  • Viking ships had sails made of this dense woven fabric; natural lanolin made the fabric water repellent
  • A laniferous animal bears this & we're not pulling it over your eyes
  • This fiber is lana; the steel kind is lana de acero
  • It makes sense that Marlowe's "passionate shepherd" promises his love "a gown made of the finest" this

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