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Lambswool

Lambswool is wool which is or shorter from the first shearing of a sheep, at around the age of seven months. It is soft, elastic, and slippery, and is used in high-grade textiles. Weaner fleece is wool or longer from young sheep, that have been shorn for the first time, and which exhibits the characteristic lambs tip and staple structure.

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Lambswool is wool which is or shorter from the first shearing of a sheep, at around the age of seven months. It is soft, elastic, and slippery, and is used in high-grade textiles. Weaner fleece is wool or longer from young sheep, that have been shorn for the first time, and which exhibits the characteristic lambs tip and staple structure.

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