When you mention Wales and Sheep Farming in one sentence, it\u2019s what I would consider dangerous territories. Now, when you mention farmers and sheep, there\u2019s only one thing that pops in to your mind. That\u2019s right, you got it, it\u2019s Wool. Wool is a wondrous material with properties unrivaled by any other material, be it man made or natural. Wool can keep you warm, it can keep you cool, it can be waterproof, windproof and sweat proof. It\u2019s so amazing that astronauts wear it under their suits when they go jetting off into the ether- and that\u2019s saying something coming from the company that allegedly spent $12m making a pen that works in zero-g.<\/p>\n
So what is it that makes wool so damn great? Within the confines of the wool, there exist millions of tiny air pockets. This makes wool a phenomenal blocker and trapper of heat. This functionality is recreated in many man-made things that do the same job, ie. polystyrene cups. A testament to this functionality is that wool is being used as house insulation all over the world. So then, because it\u2019s such a great insulator, and it\u2019s all soft and fluffy, it only makes sense to use it to make clothing and blankets. The wool trade is booming globally and with increased international markets and demand, farmers and farms need to harvest and ship more wool than ever before. Because of the rapidly expanding market, it\u2019s difficult to pinpoint the current worth of the industry, but in America, in 2011, 29,300,000lb of wool was harvested from 4,030,000 sheep. It was sold on from the farms at $1.67 per lb, and this brought the total worth of the harvest to $48,900,000. And,<\/span> America make up less than 1% of the worlds wool production. During 2010, a survey was carried out, noting the top ten wool producing countries in the world. That list included China, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, among others and the total weight of harvested wool was just over 2,044,270 tons. Maybe now you\u2019re kind of getting a sense of how big the industry is. If a pound of wool can make a jumper or a blanket and there is 2205lb in a ton, then globally that\u2019s potentially 4,507,615,350 wool products made in 2010. All those products are being made for buyers and all those people can\u2019t be wrong. And I know that\u2019s a whole bunch of boring numbers, so if you don\u2019t want to be a statistic in the global wool trade, then you better buy local, from local wool farmers who make quality welsh products.<\/span><\/p>\n So now, when you think about Welsh Sheep Farmers, maybe you won\u2019t jump straight to <\/span>that. <\/span>Come on now, get your mind out of the gutter.<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.slate-house.co.uk\/products\/Wool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you mention Wales and Sheep Farming in one sentence, it\u2019s what I would consider dangerous territories. Now, when you mention farmers and sheep, there\u2019s only one thing that pops in to your mind. That\u2019s right, you got it, it\u2019s Wool. Wool is a wondrous material with properties unrivaled by any other material, be it man made or natural. Wool can keep you warm, it can keep you cool, it can be waterproof, windproof and sweat proof. It\u2019s so amazing that astronauts wear it under their suits when they go jetting off into the ether- and that\u2019s saying something coming from the company that allegedly spent $12m making a pen that works in zero-g. So what is it that makes wool so damn great? Within the confines of the wool, there exist millions of tiny air pockets. This makes wool a phenomenal blocker and trapper of heat. This functionality is recreated in many man-made things that do the same job, ie. polystyrene cups. A testament to this functionality is that wool is being used as house insulation all over the world. So then, because it\u2019s such a great insulator, and it\u2019s all soft and fluffy, it only makes sense to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oursuppliers","category-slate-house"],"yoast_head":"\n
Slate House stock a range of 100% Welsh Wool Blankets from Tweed Mill.<\/span><\/p>\n