Fashion spinning new yarns from a sheep's head to tail

Sheep to chic: Country Road’s climate fund-backed project spins yarn from leftover wool

In a trial backed by Country Road's climate fund, a group of innovators has developed a way to use locks to make a sustainable fine yarn ideal for clothing fabric. The post Sheep to chic: Country Road’s climate fund-backed project spins yarn from leftover wool appeared first on SmartCompany.

Fashion spinning new yarns from a sheep’s head to tail

Australia rides on the sheep’s back, or so goes the time-worn saying about the worth of the meat and wool industry. A sustainable fashion project is proving there is also plenty of value in the sheep’s head, legs, belly and even its fluffy bottom. The short fibres from these parts of a sheep, called locks, are usually considered of very low value and are either used for chunky knit garments or discarded. A group of innovators has developed a way…

Fashion spinning new yarns from a sheep's head to tail

Wool from the head, legs, belly and bottom of a sheep is generally considered to be of little value, but a new project is spinning it into gold.