Inside Massive Wool Factory Turning Millions of Pounds of Sheep Fleece Into Fabric

Inside Massive Wool Factory Turning Millions of Pounds of Sheep Fleece Into Fabric Among Mongolia’s nomadic tribes, a family’s wealth is not measured in gold, but by the number of sheep they own. And those sheep are where wool begins. Every year, more than one point two billion fashion products around the world are still made from wool, supporting an industry worth more than eighty billion dollars, despite fierce competition from modern synthetic fibers. No chemical plant and no automated production line can create wool from scratch. It has to be grown and cared for throughout an entire year on the back of a sheep. So how does a rough fleece become the soft fabric you wear? Let’s find out. 00:00 Introduction 00:50 Overview 01:57 Raising sheep for wool 03:27 Sheep shearing 04:47 Wool sorting and baling 06:13 Wool scouring and cleaning 07:40 Wool blending and carding 09:08 Wool spinning 10:27 Weaving and finishing wool fabric 11:55 Cutting and sewing the final product 13:17 Surprising uses of wool 14:42 Conclusion