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Article: Wool words Here's a primer on one of winter's favorite fabrics
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- Gurnee Review (IL)
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- January 18, 2007
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Winter is wool weather: Wool sweaters, wool scarves, wool jackets.
You've worn it and your grandparents wore it. Even their grandparents wore it.
Wool has been a part of wardrobes for thousands of years. Yet no two wool products are the same because, except for cloned Dolly, no two sheep are the same. (An average-size sheep produces enough wool for three suits or 12 sweaters over its lifetime, according to The Woolmark Co., a wool textile organization based in Australia, the world's largest wool-producing nation.)
There also are many types of weaves, finishes and sheep sources, leaving modern consumers to choose from fleece and knits, lambs wool and Shetland, among other choices.
Because there ...