Search Results for: Woven fabrics of flax
the earliest fiber to be spun and woven into cloth. wool belongs to a family of proteins, the keratins, that also includes hair and other types of animal protective tissues such as horn, nails, feathers, beaks, and outer skin layers. the relative importance of wool as a textile fiber has declined over
by merino sheep or merino cross-breeds. over % of the sheep in australia (the world's largest wool producer) are merino sheep, which are also bred in large numbers in south africa, argentina, and the former ussr. the softness, fineness, and lightness of fabrics are determined primarily by fiber diameter...
https://www.textileschool.com/132/sheep-wool-natural-protein-fibers/