What do you look for?
When purchasing fiber, particularly wool, what do you look for?
Breed, color, luster, crimp, length, cleanliness, and weight are the basics. Knowing if the fleece is skirted or from a coated sheep is helpful as are the age (fleeces change every year of lifespan) and sex (some people object to the gamie smell that a ram fleece has) of the animal it came from. Testing the strength of the fibers is a hands on thing that can only be judged physically, not something that a photo can tell. All these things will dictate the price per pound of wool which is the bottom line.
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