Wool is the soft fine hair that covers the body of the sheep, goats or some other animals. This soft hair is woven and made into a long thick yarn or thread used for knitting. Therefore wool is the fabric made from the animal hair which in turn is used to make clothes. Clothes made from wool are usually warm and is also called knitwear because the yarn or the wool is at first knitted into a garment. The quality of the wool is dependent on the quality of the animal and the way it is reared. If the animal is bought up in a good farm under hygienic conditions then the wool that is taken from the animal is of a better quality.
Wool is a thick yarn and is very warm too. Therefore, it is preferred to the other lighter fabrics in the colder places for the obvious reasons. Wool is used to manufacture a large number of clothes among them are the woolen cardigans, pullovers, shawls, capes, caps etc. in fact the list in this category can go on and on.
Wool comes in different price range. The price is proportionate to the quality of the yarn. The yarn is also available in round balls that can be brought to make hand knitted garments instead of buying garments that are knitted by the machine. Hand knitted garments seems more personal and are more like the custom made garments.
The wool is of different types dependent not only on the type of animal hair used but also dependent on the thickness. The wool is dyed in various colours to suit the needs of all types of customers. Therefore one can choose among the different types of wool available in the market to knit them into garments according to your own liking and taste. And if you choose to knit a garment yourself then you can even come up with innovative designs and make your own personal knitwear that will be the envy of everyone.
