The Epitome of Winters- The Woolen Fabrics

With the onset of winters, people start searching for ways to keep themselves warm. There are thousands of ways one keeps warm. The beginning of winter means the beginning of winter fashion. Winter brings with it fashionable jackets, coats, and many more outfits made out of wool by yard.

Woolen fabrics are one of the primary sources of saving oneself from the chilly frost biting winters.
Throughout our lives, we have been taught that the sheep is the source of wool for woolen fabrics. But the fact is that sheep are not the only source of wool, but other livestock animals like camels, goats, and rabbits are also a good source of pure wool for woolen fabrics. 

 

Wool from the livestock is usually extracted by two main methods namely, Shearing, where the hair or the wool of the sheep are sheared only once a year and this is usually done during the springtime. The second one is Grading and sorting wherein, the hair or the fleece or the wool is graded into different types of fibers and is then again sorted into a different quality of fibers. The quality may vary on the basis of the durability of the fabric.

Wool by the yard is the most ancient forms of woolen making methods one knows about. If one was to trace the history of the wool, one would find that pure wool has been in existence since the Neolithic Age. It was primarily in the Neolithic Age where the wool was discovered or came into use. The Neolithic men, in order to save themselves from the cold, developed various tools and to make woolen fabrics. However, full-throttle wool developed during 4000 B.C. This can be found in the history where historians believe that Babylonians used to wear woolen fabrics.   

The woolen market has seen tremendous growth in the export market. Especially countries like the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina have emerged as the topmost exporters of wool by yard. High demand for woolen especially from the European community makes these countries the top exporters of wool.