What goes better with babies than lamb's wool? Wool are like babies, they are both soft, embraceable and wonderful.
Wool is one of the most versatile fibers and still to this day science is unable to duplicate it synthetically. In the history of wool, it was never known who thought that the sheep's coat can be used. Picture this, a location where the climate is so cold, like in the mountains, then here's a mother with a baby. She tries to find something to warm her baby from the extreme cold. She sees these beautiful creatures and got a notion that if the sheep can stand the cold because of their coat, maybe it can do the same for the baby. A few of the earliest and most excellent woolen fabrics hailed from the fifth century BC in a Greek settlement. On the other hand, the earliest surviving fabric dates back to 1500 BC that was found in a Danish marshland.
Even though the sheep lived in an environment where temperatures can go to extremes, they were able to adjust because of their ideal and dense woven coats. Wool is an amazing material. Sheep are protected from extreme cold or heat because of their tough wicker fleece coat. Wool can retain up to 25% of its weight in moisture. The external cells of the fiber resist water at the same time the internal cells suck in moisture. It is a fire inhibitor because of its ability to hold in moisture. It gradually dries so the wearer stays warm. It is the lanolin - fat - in the wool that causes it to shed water. Wool also rejects dust mites and bacteria and has an innate ability to disinfect itself. The benefits of wool make it the best material for creating baby's attire, bedspread, and crib covers. And because of its absorbent nature, wool will take on dyes revealing richer, deeper colors. Countries that are major suppliers of wool are Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina.
In its beginning, the sheep's 'hair' wasn't, as we know it today as the thick wool fleece. It was coarse more like a deer or goat. It's form has developed into what it is today through domestication. It was around 10,000 BC that West Asians started domesticating sheep. Once, as ordinary as they must have been, sheep were one of Babylon's treasures. They were reared for food, milk and cheese. Thousands of years were spent procreating sheep with the most excellent hair in a challenge to spin it into fiber. But around 5,000 B.C., people were spinning wool for clothing. Between 3000 and 1000 BC, the Persians, Greeks and Romans were accountable of the sheep proliferation all through Europe. In 50 A.D., the first wool plant was established in Winchester England. Exportation of wool textiles took 2/3 of England's foreign trade as it reached the year 1660.
As the production expanded, the wool spinning assignment was given to the eldest unmarried daughter, hence where the word 'spinster' derived. As the yarn was spun, it was wrapped around what was known as a 'weasel' (rod) and made a spinning, popping noise. Does that remind you of something? 'Pop Goes the Weasel' is the term that was derived from it. However, it was innovations like the spinning jenny that tossed the industry forward.
The tenderness and coziness of natural wool blankets and crib covers, including car seat covers is a sure treat for your baby. We are no different from the first mothers long ago who sought the best means to protect and care for their children - as mothers, that is what we do, and as a grandmother, you can be sure my grandbaby has a wool fleece blanket in her crib and one for the floor, and traveling. It's such a heartwarming image to watch her being surrounded with one of nature's most brilliant fabrics while in sweet slumber.
Wool is one of the most versatile fibers and still to this day science is unable to duplicate it synthetically. In the history of wool, it was never known who thought that the sheep's coat can be used. Picture this, a location where the climate is so cold, like in the mountains, then here's a mother with a baby. She tries to find something to warm her baby from the extreme cold. She sees these beautiful creatures and got a notion that if the sheep can stand the cold because of their coat, maybe it can do the same for the baby. A few of the earliest and most excellent woolen fabrics hailed from the fifth century BC in a Greek settlement. On the other hand, the earliest surviving fabric dates back to 1500 BC that was found in a Danish marshland.
Even though the sheep lived in an environment where temperatures can go to extremes, they were able to adjust because of their ideal and dense woven coats. Wool is an amazing material. Sheep are protected from extreme cold or heat because of their tough wicker fleece coat. Wool can retain up to 25% of its weight in moisture. The external cells of the fiber resist water at the same time the internal cells suck in moisture. It is a fire inhibitor because of its ability to hold in moisture. It gradually dries so the wearer stays warm. It is the lanolin - fat - in the wool that causes it to shed water. Wool also rejects dust mites and bacteria and has an innate ability to disinfect itself. The benefits of wool make it the best material for creating baby's attire, bedspread, and crib covers. And because of its absorbent nature, wool will take on dyes revealing richer, deeper colors. Countries that are major suppliers of wool are Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina.
In its beginning, the sheep's 'hair' wasn't, as we know it today as the thick wool fleece. It was coarse more like a deer or goat. It's form has developed into what it is today through domestication. It was around 10,000 BC that West Asians started domesticating sheep. Once, as ordinary as they must have been, sheep were one of Babylon's treasures. They were reared for food, milk and cheese. Thousands of years were spent procreating sheep with the most excellent hair in a challenge to spin it into fiber. But around 5,000 B.C., people were spinning wool for clothing. Between 3000 and 1000 BC, the Persians, Greeks and Romans were accountable of the sheep proliferation all through Europe. In 50 A.D., the first wool plant was established in Winchester England. Exportation of wool textiles took 2/3 of England's foreign trade as it reached the year 1660.
As the production expanded, the wool spinning assignment was given to the eldest unmarried daughter, hence where the word 'spinster' derived. As the yarn was spun, it was wrapped around what was known as a 'weasel' (rod) and made a spinning, popping noise. Does that remind you of something? 'Pop Goes the Weasel' is the term that was derived from it. However, it was innovations like the spinning jenny that tossed the industry forward.
The tenderness and coziness of natural wool blankets and crib covers, including car seat covers is a sure treat for your baby. We are no different from the first mothers long ago who sought the best means to protect and care for their children - as mothers, that is what we do, and as a grandmother, you can be sure my grandbaby has a wool fleece blanket in her crib and one for the floor, and traveling. It's such a heartwarming image to watch her being surrounded with one of nature's most brilliant fabrics while in sweet slumber.
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