Wool is a natural fiber obtained from sheep fleece. The document outlines the 7 key steps to process wool from raw fleece to woven textiles: 1) shearing removes fleece from sheep, 2) scouring washes dirt and grease, 3) grading sorts by texture, 4) dyeing colors fibers, 5) carding strengthens fibers, 6) spinning rolls fibers into yarns, 7) weaving produces wool cloth using machines.

1. PROCESSING
OF
WOOL
Submitted by – Ravi Sah
Class – B.Ed. 4th semester
Roll no. – 36
NERIE-NCERT, Umiam, Meghalaya

2. WOOL
• Wool is a natural animal fibre obtained from
sheep (also called a fleece).
• The hair of sheep has many unique properties
that make it well suited to textile production.
• Wool is used in a variety of textiles and can be
found woven or knitted.
• Wool is favoured for textile production
because it is easy to work with and dye very
well.

3. PROCESSES INVOLVED IN WOOL PRODUCTION

4. STEP 1: SHEARING
• In this process, fleece of the sheep is removed
along with a thin layer of skin.
• Nowadays it is done by machines which are used
by barbers to shave off hair.
• Shaving off the hair happens in the hot weather so
that sheep can live without their protective
coating.

5. STEP 2: SCOURING
• After removing the fleece from the body of sheep,
it is washed to separate dirt and grease from the
fleece.

6. STEP 3: GRADING
• After the process of scouring, fleece is separated
according to their texture.
• Hair of similar texture are kept at one side and the
another type of texture in the other.

7. STEP 4: DYEING
• In the fourth step, the fibres are dyed in desired
colours.

8. STEP 5: CARDING
• In this step, the dyed fibres are passed through
metallic teeth to strengthen them.

9. STEP 6: SPINNING
• In this process, the fibres are then combed,
straightened and rolled into yarns. The rolled
fibres are then weighed and packed.

10. STEP 7: WEAVING
• For large scale production of woollen cloths,
weaving is done by machines at woollen mills.

12. PROCESSING FIBRES INTO WOOL
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
• https://www.slideshare.net/LeenaVegad1/wool-
ppt-72670887
• https://www.aplustopper.com/wool-production-
from-sheep/