Sheep which are classified as "carpet wool" breeds are those which have a thick wool fibre (also known as coarse or strong wool). An example of a carpet wool breed is the Romney. Other classifications of fibre diameter include fine and super fine.
good quality
Sheep grow wool. When the wool is shorn from a sheep it is called a fleece.
The waves and kinks in a sheep's wool are called crimp. Sheep's wool has between 2 and 30 waves or kinks to the inch.
A fleece is what the wool is called when it is shorn from a sheep.
Wool.
Wool
wool
More properly, the raw material from which wool is spun is called fleece.
Sheep grow wool and when it is shorn from the sheep it is called a fleece.
Marino wool comes from a breed of sheep -- Marino. You can read more about them, below.
A lambskin coat.
wool, once it is shorn from a sheep it is called a fleece