Fiber to Fabric :

wool
 Formation of wool
The wool is being obtained from sheep. The hair of
sheep is called fleece the fleece is trimmed . The process
of trimming of fleece is called shearing. The sheared
fleece is washed to remove dirt. The washed fleece is
dried and it is sent to the carding machine which combs
the loose wool into a sheet. The combed wool is
twisted .The twisted material is stretched and twisted to
make yarn . The yarn is weaved to form woolen cloth.
Health Hazard of wool industries

➜ In wool industry ,workers who sorted

wool , were often infected by the
Anthrax bacteria that cause a fatal blood
disease called Anthrax .This disease is
also called sorter’s disease.
 Facts about wool
Australia is the
There are some
bigger grower of
animal species
wool followed by
which produce wool
New Zealand and
other than sheep
South Africa

A single fiber of wool Wool can stretch

is thinner than about 70% of the
human hair normal length
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