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Lambswool is wool which is 50 millimetres (2 in) or shorter from the first shearing of a sheep, [1] at around the age of seven months. [2] [3] It is soft, elastic, and slippery, and is used in high-grade textiles.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. Textile fiber from the hair of sheep or other mammals For other uses, see Wool (disambiguation). Wool before processing Unshorn Merino sheep Shorn sheep Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to ...
The Smith College Historic Clothing Collection, maintained by the college's theater department, houses 3000 items, everyday type clothing often overlooked by collections that focus on items that are considered unique or otherwise of interest. [98] Even high school libraries have collections on the history of clothing and textiles. [99]
Scotswomen walking (fulling) woollen cloth, singing a waulking song, 1772 (engraving made by Thomas Pennant on one of his tours). Fulling, also known as tucking or walking (Scots: waukin, hence often spelt waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make it ...
It is a dual-purpose breed, reared both for wool and for mutton. [6]: 13 Ewe fleeces weigh some 5–7 kg, with a staple length of 150–180 mm and a fibre diameter of 25–32 μm, equivalent to a Bradford count of 56/50s. [6]: 13 The wool is used to make blankets, rugs, military uniforms, knitting wools, tweeds and worsteds.
Wool — is the textile fibre obtained from sheep; and (some say) of other animals including: cashmere and mohair from goats; qiviut from muskox; angora from rabbits; and Alpaca fiber and Llama wool from camelids.
The Mackinac or Mackinaw region in present-day Michigan was an important trade artery during the 18th and 19th centuries; it was named after the Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Frederick Wolseley, unassisted, went to Melbourne from Ireland, arriving in July 1854, [5] aged 17, to be a jackaroo on his future brother-in-law's sheep station.His sister Fanny's husband, Gavin Ralston Caldwell, they married in Dublin in 1857, held Thule, on the Murray River, and later added nearby Cobran near Deniliquin; both stations were in New South Wales.