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sheep-grown armor that breathes, repels fire, and shrugs off rain like a tiny shepherd raincoat
means The soft, crimped, insulating fiber that grows as a sheep's coat, spun into yarn and woven or knitted into warm, water-resistant cloth.
from From Old English 'wull,' tracing back to the Proto-Germanic '*wullo' — which is why German has 'Wolle' and Dutch 'wol.' Push further back and it's likely a cousin of Latin 'lana' and the root behind 'lanolin,' all spun from a Proto-Indo-European source ('*hwlhna'-ish, as reconstructed) meaning the woolly stuff itself. In short, humans have been naming this fleece for as long as we've had words and sheep to share them with.
- flame shy
- Self-extinguishes instead of bursting into flame
- thirsty fiber
- Absorbs a third its weight before feeling wet
- stink proof
- Resists odor by neutralizing bacteria naturally
- bendy
- A single fiber flexes 20,000 times unbroken
- crimp count
- Up to 100 natural bends per inch
merino sheep new zealand — new zealand produces 25% of world's merino wool, with over 25 million sheep
harris tweed outer hebrides — protected designation from scottish islands, hand-woven wool fabric since 1846
cashmere goats mongolia — mongolia produces 70% of world's cashmere wool from herds of cashmere goats
alpaca fiber peru — peru home to 3 million alpacas producing soft luxury wool fiber