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Introduction

Chapter 1 Wool gathering
Global wool consumption
Wool and its properties
From farm to factory
Spinning: woollen vs. worsted
Siro-spinning
Superwashing
Spinning a tangled supply chain
A return to local spinning

Chapter 2 Wool in the luxury market
What’s in a micron?
Super S Values
Mah-vellous Merino
Just say “merino” please

Chapter 3 Wool’s noble cousins
Covetable cashmere
Cashmere spinning
Maintaining cashmere quality
Other noble fibres
Mohair suits
Pet alpacas
Beasts of burden
Can’t touch this

Chapter 4 The forgotten fibre
The rise of synthetics
Acrylic sweaters
The rise and fall of the polyester leisure suit
Misguided marketing
The reserve price scheme
PETA and the mulesing issue
Wool vs the puffer jacket
Wool and climate change

Chapter 5: Solving wool’s identity crisis
Making wool “cool”
The “Merino” brand
The Campaign for Wool
Transparent supply
Breeding better sheep
A certain level of comfort
Wool’s eco-credentials
Cleaning up wool’s act
PETA round two
Development of a Global Wool Standard

Chapter 6 Wool in the 21st century
Base layer and beyond
Technical prowess
Men smarten up
What’s old is new
Wool and new manufacturing paradigms
Additive manufacturing
Wool’s future prospects

List of tables
Table 1: Forecasts for World Wool Production as of April, 2014
Table 2: Wool Fibre Diameter
Table 3: IWTO Designations of Superfine Wool

List of figures
Figure 1: 2012 Production Clean Raw Wool, in Tonnes
Figure 2: Apparel merino wool world production 24 micron and finer
Figure 3: Production of animal hair fibres, in tonnes
Figure 4: 2012 World production of Mohair totalled 5,000 tonnes
Figure 5: Wool’s Percentage of Global Fibre Consumption
Figure 6: Price to Micron Ratio in A$ Cents
Figure 7: US Knit T-shirt imports