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In the previous posts, we talked about the many advantages of using wool garments, and also of the myths surrounding the use of this precious fibre.
Although most of the characteristics of all types of wool are common, here we want to explain the differences between the different qualities used to make socks Punto Blanco.
Next, you can find out the specific characteristics of each of the types of wool we offer you.
CASHMERE
- It is the most precious wool in the world
- It is a very elegant and warm material
- It gives a great feeling of lightness
- Get colours with a unique intensity
The wool of Cashmere belongs to the group of wools that do not come from sheep. In this group there are wools such as alpaca, mohair, angora, camel and, obviously, the Cashmere goat.
There are references to the use of this type of wool since the 3rd century BC in the Mughal empire.
The Cashmere goat lives in the high and cold areas of the Himalayan mountains, where temperatures can reach 30º below zero.
To protect from the extremely harsh and cold climate, these animals have developed very soft and warm hair, especially on the inside layer, the part that touches the skin.
The harvest is done in the spring through a manual processes of combing. Each goat gives about 150 grs. of raw hair per year; this explains, in part, the high cost of the material.
Finally, the hair must be cleaned and spun in a laborious process that must be done in highly specialized industries to obtain an incredibly soft and luminous cashmere yarn.
This whole process involves a high cost of the raw material, that's why we should be wary of garments that claim to be cashmere at very low prices. Real cashmere garments are a luxury.
AUSTRALIA WOOL
- It is the highest quality sheep wool
- The spinning is excellent thanks to the long fibres
- It is powerfully insulating
- It has a soft and pleasant touch
The Australian merino sheep are descendants of the first merino sheep from Spain that European colonists introduced there in the 18th century.
The hair of the Australian merino sheep is high quality. It has a soft and curly texture with fibres of uniform length.
This regularity in the fibres is very important when spinning, since it gives us a resistant yarn, which does not pill and which has a powerful coefficient of thermal insulation in addition to the properties antibacterial specific to wool.
Since we are also talking about a very fine thread, we can confirm that it will not produce itching nor irritation.
MERINOS WOOL
- It is a high quality sheep wool
- The fibres are very fine and soft and it does not itch
- It has natural antibacterial properties
- Excellent thermal properties
The Merino sheep is a great protagonist in the history of Spain.
The quality and value of its wool made them valuable enough to propitiate in the XIII century the creation of an institution as important in the Castilian economy as the Mesta was.
Nowadays, the tradition of Transhumance is still preserved, in which farmers move flocks of thousands of sheep to get better pastures.
The associated benefit of this movement is the maintenance and conservation of ancestral paths which, otherwise, would probably have been lost.
This sheep gives us a very fine wool that does not itch because its thickness is below the threshold that can cause irritation. Like all wool, it has thermal and natural antibacterial properties.
LAMBSWOOL
- It is the wool from the first shearing of the sheep
- It is obtained when the lambs are around 7 months old
- It is very fine and soft
- It is ideal for delicate pieces
Only once in the life of each lamb can you get lambswool.
When the lamb is weaned, it is made the first shearing, and you get a soft, tender, baby wool, which after all is what a lamb is of seven months. Naturally, it doesn't itch or irritate.
This feature makes it perfect for garments that we want to give us softness and volume; that feeling of a thick but not heavy garment that we really like.
The garments made with lambswool are delicate and must be treated with care.
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