Wool Quality in Danish Prehistoric Textiles. 3000 Years of Sheep Wool and Textile Production

SummaryGarole is a breed of sheep reared in the Sunderban region of India and Bangladesh. The animals of this breed are adapted to the hot and humid coastal region and are often seen grazing in water. Garole are reared as mutton sheep. The value of their wool is grossly ignored and presently wasted. The raw wool obtained from this breed can be stored for a long time without any significant deterioration in quality, that might be attributed to the genetic tolerance of the breed towards fleece rot. The wool quality parameters of Garole sheep indicate that the wool is coarse but has an excellent felting property. The raisers of these sheep are economically challenged members of the society, and handicrafts produced from the wool can assist in the alleviation of poverty as well as provide an alternative livelihood. An organisation has taken steps in scientific sheep rearing in the region and has assisted in training members of the community in the production of rugs from the wool. The organisation is also providing assistance in marketing the products developed on behalf of the beneficiaries.

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Resource of Wool Fibers and Development Trend of Wool Product

Key Engineering Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.671.483 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 671 ◽

pp. 483-489

Author(s):

Mu Yao ◽

Mei Yu Chen ◽

Run Jun Sun ◽

Zhao Huan Zhang ◽

Cheng Kun Liu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Textile Industry ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Average Diameter ◽

Development Trend ◽

Functional Requirements ◽

Textile Production ◽

Wool Textile ◽

Wool Fibers ◽

Fiber Materials ◽

Sheep Wool

A wide variety of new wool fiber materials, such as super-fine sheep wool with the average diameter of about 11 μm, rabbit wool of long-hair rabbit, Wusuli raccoon dog wool, and vicuna wool, were developed except for sheep wool and cashmere in the wool textile industry. Tibetan antelope wool was not allowed to make a processing and trade, but it may have a development in the future. Meanwhile, other natural and chemical fibers were added as the raw materials in wool textile production because of their new functional requirements including antistativity, antibacterial, deodorant, improvement of strength and abrasion resistance, anti-electromagnetic radiation and improvement of flame retardancy. The raw materials of the wool textile industry have shown a magnificent development.

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