Wool: From Sheep To Clothing

Duration: 11

Genre: Educational

Creator: Encyclopedia Britanica Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Photographed on a sheep ranch in Montana, in a spinning plant in Illinois and at a knitting mill in Wisconsin to show children how the sweaters they wear on their backs were grown and produced., Tells the complete story of wool--from the sheep on a Wyoming range through the knitting of the worsted yarn into sweaters. Pictures the sheep being herded and driven to the ranch, and describes each step in the shearing process. Shows how wool is compressed into bales and then shipped to a mill where it is washed, carded, spun, and finally knitted into sweaters.

Complete Record: Photographed on a sheep ranch in Montana, in a spinning plant in Illinois and at a knitting mill in Wisconsin to show children how the sweaters they wear on their backs were grown and produced., Tells the complete story of wool--from the sheep on a Wyoming range through the knitting of the worsted yarn into sweaters. Pictures the sheep being herded and driven to the ranch, and describes each step in the shearing process. Shows how wool is compressed into bales and then shipped to a mill where it is washed, carded, spun, and finally knitted into sweaters.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.