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Title: Asbell wool - what type of wool?
Post by: Radford on November 20, 2023, 10:26:15 AM

Looked on the site and can’t find any information about it. I own two of the pathfinder jackets and love them. Curious; are they virgin wool or recycled?

Title: Re: Asbell wool - what type of wool?
Post by: Terry Green on November 21, 2023, 10:51:20 AM

I would be willing to bet that it's a 100% virgin wool.  It is hard to make a quality spun fabric yarn out of recycled wool. I could talk for hours on wool yarn as I bought over 1,000,000 pound in 2009. Recycled wool is just not feasible for quality in fabrics.

Title: Re: Asbell wool - what type of wool?
Post by: Radford on November 21, 2023, 11:58:34 AM

Good to know. Would be good if they put it up on their site. The origin too.

Title: Re: Asbell wool - what type of wool?
Post by: Terry Green on November 22, 2023, 08:23:03 AM

I did confirm it with her just to make sure.  If it was recycled I could tell pretty easy. Their wool has way to many positive attributes to be recycled. Visual would be the 1st give away.

I'll mention your request to her next time we chat.  :campfire:

Title: Re: Asbell wool - what type of wool?
Post by: Radford on November 22, 2023, 06:52:30 PM

Thank you. Makes sense that it is virgin wool. I love my two jackets. I would guess the blankets are also virgin wool? They are really nice.

Title: Re: Asbell wool - what type of wool?
Post by: Terry Green on November 23, 2023, 10:21:26 AM

Yes I was strongly agree that they're using the same rule from the same source. Blankets are still a fabric.

If they were to use recycled wool the blankets would have no tensile strength, and would not be durable at all.

Title: Re: Asbell wool - what type of wool?
Post by: rainman on November 23, 2023, 11:49:04 AM

A lot of her patterns look like they are from Bemidgi mills out of Minnesota.