Did You Know?

While in Frankenmuth for the Farm Women’s Symposium I had the privilege of stopping at Zeilinger Wool Company.  This neat shop has over 100 years of experience in manufacturing, processing and selling wool products.  We got to tour the yarn mill, and also see how the wool comforters are put together.  It was a very interesting stop and I learned a few things about wool!

·         Did you know that wool isn’t just for keeping warm during the cold weather? 

Wool products do keep you warm in the winter, but also cool in the summer; a very economical product!

·         Did you know that the wool fiber itself isn’t what causes products to be itchy?

The chaff (small pieces of hay) that gets imbedded in the wool is what causes the itchy feeling.  So higher quality wool, that has been washed more thoroughly will be softer to the touch.

·         Did you know that a sheep produces darker wool each year it is sheared? 

Just like us, a sheep will gray as it ages.  So the first year a sheep is sheared the wool is whiter than it will ever be again.

Hope you enjoyed those quick tidbits as much as I did!