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How many times can you bend a wool fibre without breaking it?

08/01/2015

Merino marketing and research body The Woolmark Company has put a figure on the number of times you can bend a wool fibre before it breaks. In a statement to highlight the natural elasticity of wool, the Sydney-based organisation said a wool fibre can be bent up to 20,000 times before breaking; meaning wool apparel retains its high-quality ‘as...

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