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  2. Zwartbles - Wikipedia

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    The wool is medium to fine with excellent crimp and fibre length, a Bradford count of 54-56 and a micron count of 27 making it popular for spinning and felting. Zwartbles are known for being docile, friendly, easy lambing, prolific, milky and being excellent mothers.

  3. Cheviot (cloth) - Wikipedia

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    Cheviot wool possesses good spinning qualities, since the fiber is fine, soft, and pliable. It has a crispness of texture similar to serge but is slightly rougher and heavier. Cheviot fabric may be produced either from woolen or worsted yarns according to the character, texture, and feel desired in the finished fabric.

  4. Bradford system - Wikipedia

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    The Bradford system (also known as the English Worsted Yarn Count System or spinning count or Bradford count) is a way to assess the fineness of wool.. To measure the fineness of sheep wool fibre before microscopes and lasers were used, English wool handlers in the city of Bradford described wool by estimating (with experienced eyes) how many 560-yard (512 m) hanks of single-strand yarn could ...

  5. 'Happy sheep' make the best wool, say yarn experts

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    Well-cared for and "happy" sheep make the best wool, yarn experts who use rare-breeds have said. Becci and Markus Pamely-Bast founded a wool and hand-dyed yarn business seven years ago on a ...

  6. Lincoln sheep - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln is the largest British sheep, developed specifically to produce the heaviest, longest and most lustrous fleece of any breed in the world. Great numbers were exported to many countries to improve the size and wool quality of their native breeds. The versatile fleece is in great demand for spinning, weaving and many other crafts.

  7. Beulah Speckled Face - Wikipedia

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    The staple length is 7.5 to 12.5 centimetres (3 to 5 in) and the diameter of the wool is 25 to 36 microns. The wool has little crimp and dyes easily. It is used for hand spinning, weaving and knitting, to make garments and fabrics, and the coarser ranges are used for household textiles and rugs. [2]

  8. The Natural Fibre Company - Wikipedia

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    The Natural Fibre Company (TNFC) is a wool mill based in Launceston, Cornwall, [1] England, and is a small-scale full range textile mill in the UK. The focus of the business is to add value to naturally coloured raw fleece which it buys from farmers, smallholders and rare sheep breeders.

  9. Wool - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 December 2024. 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 ...

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