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In top form at any temperature If they are treated well and carefully looked after, most woolen fabrics keep their shape well, and recover quickly from creasing. Fashion designers can also dye wool in a wide variety of different colors. Over 450 different animal species all over the world, mainly sheep and goats, give us this particularly elastic, hard-wearing material. Australia is the world’s largest wool producer, followed by New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina, Uruguay, India, Turkey, the United Kingdom, China and Russia. Wool has been subject to special quality-control requirements for several decades. The International Wool Secretariat (IWS) introduced the Woolmark in 1964, and since then the use of the term “pure new wool” has been subject to strict conditions. These are the wools favored by Astrid's fashion: Angora the soft, long, ultra-fleecy coat of the angora rabbit. Bouclé woven from effect yarns, with loops or little knots. Characteristic color shading. Cool Wool a very fine-yarn, naturally-breathing wool, crease-resistant, with high temperature-equalizing properties. Crêpe soft-flowing, high-twist yarn with a superb texture. Flannel a weave of plain or mélange yarns with a subtle texture. Camelhair wool the soft underhair of the camel, particularly fleecy and warming. Cashmere the hair of the cashmere goat, with an inimitable gleam. Very precious, extremely soft and supple. Lambswool the first shearing from lambs aged about six months. Very fine, fleece-soft wool. Merino very fine yarn, soft and heavily crimped. Merino wool produces extremely high-quality weaves and knits. Mohair a splendid wool from the angora goat, with a fleece-soft texture. Shetland wool from the Shetland sheep, very durable and hard-wearing. New wool wool produced from shearing the living sheep. Velour a soft, warming woolen fabric with a brushed surface.
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