Why blogger talk about Merino?

“Yova, could you please find some ecological,most powerful fabric for me?”

At the begining of 2016, most designer are planings their whole year fabric development, the most thing they ask blogger to do is to recommend some fabric that is most powerful.

Today blogger will introduce one-Merino wool,due to its special fiber structure and composition.

Where does Merino Wool come from?

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There are no similar leaves on one tree,same as wool.If we have to grade the sheep into different level according to its wool,Merino wool must be the best one in  the world.
They have the finest wool, the softest wool being uniform quality, greasy and is also high, which accounts for about one-third of the world’s wool production.

 

Where the annual Australian Merino wool is the largest producer and supplier of Merino wool. Wherein the ultra-fine wool, quality counts more than 70, with an average diameter of 18 microns or less, and a length of 5 to 9 centimeters, all of these make them the best Merino wool.

Fiber Structure/Feature/Advantage

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  • Merino wool surface structure has overlapping scales of the cuticle of cells
  • The stratum corneum cells provide a robust housing to protect the fibers from damage
  • The cell has a waxy coating, it has a waterproof, but still allows the absorption of water vapor

  • Internal Merino wool fibers, called the cortex, the long cone cell composite (CMC) constituted. CMC in turn amino acids into.
  • Feature is a hydrophilic amino acid, it takes the form of water vapor.
  • Tiny pores on the skin in the fiber semipermeable, allowing vapor through, wool can easily absorb up to 30% of its weight of water.
  • The chemical reactions occurring amino acids hydrogen bonds with water molecules in contact with the heat, the water molecules and takes up heat loss, this ability to avoid making the fabric feel damp and cold at low temperatures and high humidity environment, this feature makes the wool a multifunctional fabric for all seasons.

Physical and chemical structure of Merino wool to make it in the water vapor transport speed faster, shortening the incubation time of bacteria, reduces the chance of odor generated.

  • Merino wool complex internal structure, the smallest components of the intracellular spring-like structure, which makes it soft, elastic, resilient.
  • The spring-like structure is a matrix, the matrix also fire-resistant and antistatic properties to create merino wool. Because wool contains moisture in every fiber, the moisture resistance of the combustion flame, which is why it is recommended for wool blankets to extinguish small fires.
  • More importantly, when wool burning, it does not melt and stick to the skin. This is also why some firemen uniforms are made of wool.

  • Curly wool fiber makes it soft and flexible feel. It also increases the amount of air volume and captured between the fibers, giving it excellent insulation properties.
  • Merino finer and more crimped fibers so that they have a softer feel and drape in apparel applications than ordinary wool.

Natural Merino wool fibers can only take a few years to decompose.

Merino annually generate new wool, merino wool makes into a sustainable and renewable source of fiber.

Merino wool fibers finer, but also deeper absorbing dyes, burn evenly and directly, without the use of other chemicals. Because of this ability, merino wool is known for the beautiful and richful color.

The test showed that a variety of textiles, merino wool has natural UV protection factor of 40+, much higher than most synthetics and cotton, are more suitable for strong ultraviolet summer.

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