Origin of woolen sweater materials

★ Origin of commonly used materials
The raw materials for producing woolen sweaters include pure wool, rabbit wool, cashmere, etc. The raw material origins are Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Australia, Sri Lanka, Argentina, and Uruguay abroad.
★ Classification of woolen sweaters based on their selected raw materials
-Woolen sweater
Made of cotton wool as the raw material, it is the most popular knitted sweater with clear stitching, smooth surface, smooth and plump body, bright color, and a full and elastic feel; Woolen sweaters are relatively durable and affordable.
-Cashmere sweater
Also known as Cashmere (English) sweater, it uses cashmere as raw material and is the best sweater. It is lightweight and warm, delicate and gorgeous, with a delicate and smooth feel, and comfortable and soft to wear; Due to the short and thin fibers of cashmere, it is prone to pilling and its durability is not as good as ordinary woolen sweaters. At the same time, due to the scarcity of cashmere resources, cashmere sweaters are expensive.
-Sheep Sweater
Made from immature lamb hair, also known as lamb sweaters, it is a mainland product of woolen sweaters. Due to the capillarity and softness of the lamb, the lamb sweater is delicate and soft, with a moderate price.
-Xuelan sweater
Originally made from Shetland wool originating from the Isle of Shetland in the UK, it is mixed with coarse and hard cavity hair, with a slight prickly feel. The Shetland sweater is rich and fluffy, naturally rough and rough, with less pilling and no tendency to shrink, and the price is low. Sweaters with this style are now commonly referred to as Sheran sweaters, so Sheran wool has become synonymous with the rough and crazy style.
-Rabbit hair sweater
Generally, a certain proportion of rabbit hair and wool are blended and woven. The characteristics of rabbit hair sweaters are fine fibers, smooth and sticky texture, smooth surface fuzz, soft color, good fluffiness, comfortable and natural wearing, easy shedding of surface fuzz during wearing, and better warmth retention than wool clothing; If the process of first weaving and then dyeing is adopted, it can make its color more pure, bright, and unique, especially suitable for making outerwear for young women.
-Yak sweater
Using Tibetan plateau yak wool as the raw material, its style is slightly inferior to cashmere sweater, with a soft and delicate feel that is not easy to pilling, and the price is much lower than cashmere sweater. However, the color of yak sweater is monotonous, making it suitable for men's wear.
-Mohai sweater
Using goat wool originating from Angula as raw material, it has a shiny and shiny luster, a smooth, soft and elastic feel, is lightweight and bulky, breathable and non pilling, comfortable to wear, warm and durable, and is a high-quality product with a higher price.
-Alpaca sweater
Made from alpaca hair originating from Chile, the fiber is coarse and smooth, with a smooth and elastic feel, natural pigments, bulky and rough texture, not easy to pilling, and warm and durable. It is a high-end product that has emerged in recent years, with a higher price than ordinary woolen sweaters.
-Chemical fiber sweater
The common characteristic of clothing is its lightness. Like acrylic sweaters, they are generally woven with acrylic bulky yarn, which has a strong sense of wool shape, bright color, light and soft texture, and a moisture regain of only 0-4.5%. The fiber breaking strength is higher than that of wool fibers, and it will not be damaged by insects. However, its elasticity recovery rate is lower than that of wool, and its warmth retention is not as good as pure wool sweaters. It is cheap, but easy to pilling, making it suitable for children's clothing. Recently, in the international market, the rabbit like wool yarn blended with acrylic fiber and nylon, and the modified acrylic fiber like mohair wool yarn can compete with natural rabbit hair and mohair clothing.