The illustration demonstrates how wool is processed from raw sheep fleece into various finished products.
Overall, there are nine steps in the sequence, commencing with sheep herding, followed by the conversion of raw sheep fleece into tufts of wool, and culminating in finished products for various domestic and industrial usage.
The first six steps involve the transformation of initial raw sheep fleece. Initially, sheep is shorn and fleece is collected, before being thoroughly scoured in water to eliminate impurities and by-products. Following this, the cleaned fleece is then dried, after which it is further separated so that usable fibres are gathered into tufts of wool, ready for further treatment.
The remaining steps describe how fibres are processed. Once sorted, these fine fibres are sent through a tuft storage and spun into yarn, after which these yarns can be used to make garments such as jackets and carpets or knitted into fabric. On the other hand, the coarser fibres are formed into strung after being separated, which is then channelled into recycling facilities.
