The diagram illustrates the steps involve in the process of making woolen products. Overall, there are ten main stages, beginning with rearing of sheep and ending with finished goods.
Firstly, the sheep are reared, until they have enough wool on their bodies and ready for the next step – removing the wool, known as shearing. Following this, at stage three and four, this wool is cleaned and dried. It is then ready for the spinning by machine, after which the wool is ready to be made into different products. At this spinning step, however, some of the wool can be use to make string and may be recycled.
From the wool at the sixth stage, tufts of wool are manufactured and then stored. Next, the tufted wool is used for spinning into balls of yarn. Finally, these balls of yarn can be used for knitting or turned into woolen goods, such as jackets or carpets.