Wool is a hair fiber covering sheep’s skin to protect from heat, cold, sun and rain. The term ‘wool’ refers to the fibre from the fleece of the sheep or lamb or hair of Angora or Cashmere goat. Wool can be sheared from the living animal or can be pulled from a dead or slaughtered animal. Wool is sheared in one piece from the living animal once or twice a year, rolled and packed for transporting to the nearest processing centre.
Merino sheep are known for providing the finest wool. There can be 60,000 wool follicles per square inch of the skin of merino sheep totaling approximately 100 million fibers in one merino fleece.
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