Felting begins with the collecting of sheep wool, an essential raw material. Wool is collected during the shearing season, where it's carefully sheared to maintain its quality. Next, the wool is ...

The idea began at a time when raw wool prices in Nova Scotia were very low and ideas were needed to enhance income generation for the producer community. “The cost of shearing sheep was even more than ...

The International Wool Textile Organization estimates that in 2021 alone, some 1.2 billion sheep created 4,296 million pounds of raw wool. But not all of that wool made it to our sweaters and socks.

After cleaning and separating hundreds of tiny cuttings of merino sheep wool, the researchers measured the curvature of each fiber, and then observed the wool under a microscope. They found that ...

THE latest merger discussions between the Australian Wool Exchange and the testing company AWTA Ltd have stalled despite ...