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Wool
Wool is the fiber obtained from mainly sheep as well as other certain animals. Wool is made to make clothing, often socks and sweaters.
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The word has origins in so many languages that I feel more comfortable providing the Online Etymology Dictionary link, listed below:
How do you get wool in happy street?
To get wool in Happy Street, you will need to build in certain locations of the game. For example, you will begin by building at or near the mountain gate. Once you have built in that area, you can then get rocks, wool, or flowers.
We get wool from sheep. That's why during spring and summer sheep are shaved. so we can have there hair when they don't need it, it grows back for winter and they are not harmed or killed. so we get wool from sheep.
How much does a skein of chunky wool weigh?
The term skein describes a loosely coiled, arbitrary length of some thread. It is NOT a unit of measure and hence has NO fixed length or weight.
What does the Wool Pooh represent to Kenny?
the wool pooh represent to kenny is that the wool let you come back to life and lets you see your family one more time and then eats you
What are vicuna wool yielding animals wool used for?
Most wool is used as a fibre for clothing, bedding and fabric that holds heat. Vicuna wool is especially valued for this property.
You can read more about it, below.
What is the test that can be performed to differentiate acrylic fiber from wool?
Burn some fibers, wool smells like burning bone (acrid) will self extinguish and the ash can easily be crushed to a powder. Acrylic smells like burning oil will burn with a sooty flame and the ash will be a hard ball.
What can cause flames to burn in the air above a wool sweater without the wool Catching Fire?
Nothing. People try this stunt and often end up burning themselves very very badly. Do not attempt this while wearing the wool sweater!
Why? Well, generally, fire is an combustion reaction, in which heat is released, and it requires energy to do so. Generally, oxygen in the air, is used, but fires need something to burn off always, so in this case it burns off the wool. If you tried this, you would have figured this out anyhow, with a couple of mild burns maybe. XD
An alpaca's wool is called a fleece or fiber because it's finer than most wool. it's the 3rd most expensive fiber in the world.
Another Answer
Alpaca wool is called Alpaca wool. Wool is a generic word used to describe fibre spun from fleece, regardless of the type of fleece-bearning animal that produces it. Alpaca, then, used as a descriptor, modifies the word wool and specifies the source of the fleece: thus -- Alpaca wool.
Cotton does not replace wool, since the two fibres fill two different kinds of niches in fabric, clothing and needle arts.
Superwash wool (or super wash wool) is wool that has been treated to avoid some of the problems with caring for wool garments. This relatively new process, called "bio-polishing", was developed by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service.
Have you ever pulled a sweater out of the wash to find it many sizes too small, and maybe several times too thick? This is the result of a process called fulling (sometimes erroneously called felting). It is generally caused by a combination of agitation, heat, and (possibly harsh) detergent. Fulling can also occur when cooler water is introduced suddenly, such as hot wash water followed by warm or cool rinse water, as many automatic washing machines do. The reason hand washing is traditionally recommended for non-superwash wool is to avoid these temperature changes and agitation. Fulling can be done on purpose to create a stronger, thicker fabric that resembles actual wool felt; it has become a popular craft in its own right. Felting is a different process entirely.
Superwash wool, thanks to the bio-polishing process, is machine-washable. At the same time, the process removes some of the damaged tips of the wool (which can cause itching) and makes the wool smoother and softer in general.
Source: http://www.livescience.com/technology/050613_wool.html
You make wool from hair or fur. The hair from sheep, goats, Llamas, camels and even dogs and cats can be spun into wool.
