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61 Lambs' Wool
The wool obtained by shearing lambs at the age of six to eight months. Yarns known as lambswool are not always spun from lambs' wool (see Lambs-wool Yarns) -
62 New Zealand Wool
A high-grade crossbred wool and one of the most useful wools of commerce. It is obtained by crossing merino ewes with Lincoln or Leicester rams. It has a staple of good and regular length and is soft in handle. It is used extensively for mixing with shoddy and mungo fibres to impart bulk and spinning qualities. New Zealand wools in the main are fairly free from vegetable matter, and this gives the wools a value very often more than like qualities from other countries. Merino wool is a small part of New Zealand production, probably not more than 5 per cent. The wool is generally free from vegetable matter, but is rather "lean" in character, the quality is not equal to the better-known Australian types, while the shrinkage is fairly heavy owing more to heavy grease rather than earthy matter. -
63 Pampa Wool
The wool of a South American sheep of this name giving a long, straight, and bright wool. The sheep was derived from the Spanish breed, the Chuna, and is superior to Creole wool. -
64 Punta Arenas Wool
Tierra del Fuego is a fine wool country, and its wools are more commonly known as Punta Arenas. Although some merino is produced, by far the greater amount is fine crossbred with the 56's quality predominating. Punta wools have a character of their own, due to the crosses used, but largely influenced by climatic conditions and pasturage. Much of the wool is heavy in shrinkage due to the loose soil being blown furiously by high winds. The colour is often beautifully white, probably due to the heavy earthy matter in suspension preventing the natural grease from tingeing the wool before scouring is„ effected. The wools are very spongy and blobby, and although occasionally un-uniform in fibre diameter, have a value of their own where apparent substance is accompanied by lightness in weight. The wools are chiefly used in the United Kingdom. -
65 Range Wool
Wool shorn from sheep raised under ranching conditions. In the United States better known as territory wool (see Domestic wool) -
66 Romney Marsh Wool
The sheep of Romney Marsh, Kent, produce a long wool, which is soft, full and is classed as a demi-lustre wool. The average weight of a fleece is about 81/2-lb. The wool is used mostly for dress material, it has a 7-in. staple and spins 44's to 46's quality. -
67 South American Wool
Three-quarters of South American wool is of a Lincoln character, due to the importation of these sheep for crossing purposes. The Argentine gives the biggest supplies of long, strong, preparing wool suitable for Bradford machinery, while a fair amount of finer cross-bred wool from 48's to 56's quality of a good combing length is grown in the Republic. Argentine wools are subject to " burr " trouble, and this varies in degree according to season. South of the Argentine there is a fair amount of wools of a merino and fine crossbred character, these being chiefly from Chubut, Santa Cruiz, Deseado, etc., but these latter are mostly unattractive and wasty owing to loose soil, often with occasional grey fibres, lacking uniformity in length and diameter, and difficult of estimation from the grease state to the clean equivalent.Dictionary of the English textile terms > South American Wool
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68 Sydney Wool
Australian merino wool of a quality inferior to Port Philip wool. Used for medium to better grades of worsteds. It is superior to Adelaide wool. -
69 Waste Wool
Material such as brush waste, burr, card, woollen lap, oily, stubbing, spinniners', top, yarn, woollen ring and roving wastes; card strips, droppings, flocks; paint wool, tanners' wool, sweepings and wool extract. -
70 Angora Wool (Rabbit)
A white silky hair obtained from the Angora rabbit. It has extremely soft, warm and light "handling" properties. The Angora rabbit yields annually about 10-oz. of wool, which is obtained by several clippings. Of this weight about 6-oz., classified as best wool, is about 3-in. in length, and sells at from 25's. to 30's. per Lb. The remainder is shorter and of lower quality.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Angora Wool (Rabbit)
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71 Armure Wool Fabric
Made in wide widths for use as dresses, coats, etc., good quality yarns, 72-ends, 68 picks per inch. The warp is usually end and end mohair and worsted, two-fold yarns, such as 2 / 60's or 2 / 40's - The weft is single worsted 26's to 32's. Other qualities are made from one kind of warp, but in right and reverse twist, and up to about loo-ends per inch. Cotton weft is used in the cheapest cloths, about 48's yarn dyed black. The photograph shows a typical wool Armure fabric made in a fancy rep weave 84 X 68, 2 / 60's botany / 30's botany. A heavy cloth is also termed "Armure", used for drapery and curtains, woven with brocade figuring on the armure weave ground, and all-wool yarns
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72 Awassi Wool
Fine carpet wool, mostly coloured, and the name is derived from the Nomad tribe, the Aweiz, who lived around Aleppo and Mossul. Most of the wool is exported to the U.S.A., in fawn and dark brown, with a proportion of white. -
73 Batarde Wool
A variety of black wool from Syria; sometimes used as a substitute for vicuna wool. -
74 Blue Wool
English and crossbred wool, taken from the best part of the average lustre fleece; spins to 36's. It is the highest grade of combing wool according to the old system of sorting. -
75 Border Leicester Wool
The wool obtained from this cross is classed as of 44's to 48's quality, and is of firm and curly character, and demi-lustre. The cross is between the Leicester and Cheviot and has now become a definite breed in South Scotland and the wool is known as " North."Dictionary of the English textile terms > Border Leicester Wool
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76 Buenos Ayres Wool
Wool from this district is usually of a fine nature, but dirty and burry, rather lacking in strength and elasticity of staple. It is much used by French manufacturers for worsted yams (see Argentine wool) -
77 Cape Snow-White Wool
A variety of merino wool from South Africa. The Spanish merino rams were imported in 1680 and crossed with the native sheep In 1775 a further large number were imported from Spam. The wool from South Africa is generally uneven in quality, but that known as above is as reliable as the best wools.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Cape Snow-White Wool
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78 Choice Wool
(1) Merino wool taken from the best part of the neck of a fine fleece, used for clothing. (2) In the woollen trade the third quality of wool, taken from the middle of the side. -
79 Clean Wool
Wool so scoured that it is clean (see Free Wool) -
80 Comeback Wool
The wool from cross bred sheep which have bred back towards the merino, one of the parents being purebred, the quality is about 60's. This type of wool comes chiefly from Victoria and Tasmania.
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