The wool yielding animals found in different countries of Asia are mainly sheep and camel. They are also a good source of meat.

Yes, steel wool can rust. Steel is a ferrous material, meaning it is mostly iron. Rust is iron oxide. Thus, if you keep steel wool wet, it will certainly rust. Adding an oxidizer will increase the rate of this process as well.

Wool is very durable - a good weave out of high quality wool can create a piece of fabric that will last a decade or better if cared for properly.

I would say blankets would cost $5.00 to $16.00

you use wool to make some jumpers. it is to make it soft and you can make your own jumper if you know how to knit well.

There are many types of yarn used for crocheting. Wool is just one kind of yarn that you can use. It is used for really warmer clothing items and tends to be a little rougher on the skin and some people are allergic to it. The crochet pattern will tell you what kind of yarn you need to use, size of the hook etc.. Be careful to choose a pattern like a scarf if you are beginning to learn how to crochet as they tend to be easier. Don't choose a really bulky scarf because the yarn can become entangled in the hook, and can split up. Wool also is a yarn that shrinks when you wash it but there are a lot of patterns that require wool to make a felted finished product. Felting is crocheting or knitting a hat for example, and then washing it in a machine in hot water till it becomes felted. This is nice for beginners because when it shrinks up you cannot see the mistakes that you might make when you are just beginning. I have personally never felted anything. Whatever kind of yarn you are going to use you should buy enough yarn to finish the project. This is because the dye lots are not always the same color and if you run out of yarn your scarf could end up looking like 2 different colors. This happens if the dye lot isn't available that you started with? It is a good idea to keep the label that is around the yarn so that if you run out you can refer to the dye lot to see if they still have it in the store and also for instructions on how to care for the finished product. It is also important to buy enough yarn because it can sometimes be discontinued and you won't be able to finish your project if you run out of yarn. I have a website with a wide range of items that I crocheted that explain what kind of yarn I used to make them. I also list how to care for the items for example if they are machine wash and can be put in the dryer or need to be hand washed in cold water and dried flat. You can go to this site by pasting the link below into your browser address: www.jonicrochetcreations.etsy.com

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Dogs do not have wool. No types of dogs have wool.

I have 16 balls of Azalea patonised knitting and crochet wool here and when I untwist it it becomes 2 strands....which in reading some of the other things about wool its actually 4 ply....now I am looking for a fairly plain simple knitting pattern to use it on.

No.

Rock wool is made from rock that has been melted and then forced through small holes to make long, fibrous strands. It does not contain any asbestos.

Even if the rock used in the beginning did contain asbestos (and that kind of rock is not used for this) the asbestos fibers would be melted and destroyed in the manufacturing process.

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Some types of wool must be dry cleaned, for example, most blazers made of wool. There should be labels in garments and products like blankets, indicating method of care. Some wool, can be gently hand washed with mild detergent/soap made especially for wool so it doesn't stip the wool of natural softness. Wool should be air dried, as it will shrink if in heated dryer. Protect wool from chewing insects, and ensure wool is cleaned prior to storage.

Expensive is relative. Some animal fleece -- baby yak, is more rare than other animal fleece -- lamb. Relatively, you'd pay more for yarn spun from baby yak fleece than you would pay for lamb wool.

Fleece-bearing animals grow the raw material for wool on their skin -- much the same way that humans grow hair.

Fleece is shorn from the animal and allowed to dry. This does not hurt the animal that sometimes show relief at being freed from the huge and very heavy winter fleece. There are other methods of collecting fleece.

For example:

Here is what Cashmere.org says how cashmere wool is collected:

"The specialty animal hair fibers are collected during molting seasons when the animals naturally shed their hairs. Goats molt during a several-week period in spring. In China and Mongolia, the down is removed by hand with a coarse comb."

Without endorsement, you can read more, below, about how wool is produced from fleece, in this case sheep fleece.

Marino Lambswool is very light in weight and is very fine as compared to normal lambswool.

Llama wool is just like sheep wool. In the beginning of summer they are shaven from their fur and that fur gets refined (cleaned). When that wool is clean it is then stretched and puffed up a bit. Finally it can shipped off to stores for them to make llama wool sweaters, jackets, you name it!

Merino wool, used in knitting and textile making, can cost a bit more than simpler yarns and fabrics because of its high quality. Some sellers sell Merino wool raw (unspun) for roughly $50 USD per 5-6 lbs. One can purchase Merino wool yarn for a higher price than cotton or polyester yarns at a yarn shop or craft store, but the price will vary.

Because Australia is the leading supplier of wool in the world so it is important as a source of income for Australian people.

Herringbone is a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V, used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc whereas wool is the fiber that is used to construct the herringbone pattern of the fabric.

is wool more absorbent than cotton

Cashmere as we now know it comes the Kashmir goat and some other goats. These are native to Iran, Afghanistan and China and also imported to Australia and New Zealand in large numbers.

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waves or kinks in a wool fiber

Wool is a fiber that is used to make clothes. The composition of wool is, 33 percent keratin, 28 percent grease, 12 percent suint, 26 percent different impurities, and 1 percent mineral water.

It depends on what size the sweater is intended to be and the weight of the yarn to be used. A medium woman's sweater (40") will take about 12 oz fine (sport) wool, 20 oz. medium (worsted), or 28 oz heavy yarn.