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The Fibre. Today wool is still the worldâs leading animal natural fibre: its complex protein structure is responsible for unique characteristics and properties â such as exceptional resilience and elasticity â that synthetic fibres just cannot match.Wool has natural crimpiness and scale patterns that make it easy to spin.he Fibre. Today wool is still the worldâs leading animal natural fibre: its complex protein structure is responsible for unique characteristics and properties â such as exceptional resilience and elasticity â that synthetic fibres just cannot match.
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids. Wool mainly consists of protein together with a few percent lipids. In this regard it is chemically quite distinct from the more dominant textile, cotton, which is mainly cellulose.