What are the differences between mohair, alpaca and wool?

What are the differences between the three animal furs: mohair, alpaca, and wool? Today I will bring you some knowledge about these three animal furs. I hope it will be helpful to you!

Wool It is an important raw material in the textile industry. It has the advantages of good elasticity, strong hygroscopicity, and good warmth retention. However, due to the high price, it is not used much for the production of nonwovens.

Nonwoven fabrics produced using high-quality wool are limited to a few high-end industrial fabrics such as needle-punched papermaking blankets and advanced needle-punched felts. Generally, short wool and coarse wool from wool processing are used to produce carpet backing cloth, needle punched carpet sandwich layer, thermal insulation materials and other products through needle punching, stitching and other methods. This type of wool comes in varying lengths, has high impurity content, poor spinnability, and is difficult to process. The product can be chemically post-treated to improve quality.

Alpaca’s hair is longer than wool, bright and elastic, and can be made into high-grade wool fabrics.

Mohair (English Mohair; Turkish: MUKHYAR) refers to the coat of Angora goats. It is named after the Turkish language and means “good hair”. It is a high-end animal textile fiber currently on the market. One of the raw materials.

Since Angora goats cannot yet be fully artificially raised in captivity and can only grow in hilly shrubs, and only wool produced before the age of 8 can meet textile standards, mohair is still a high-end textile raw material. , the total annual output is only about 26,000 tons. At present, the main mohair producing countries are: South Africa, the United States, Turkey, Argentina, Lesotho, etc.

Mohair has a fineness of about 25 microns and a length of about 100-200 mm. It looks similar to sheep wool, but is smoother, has a natural shiny color, is not easy to pill, and is easy to clean. Mohair has a good affinity for dyes and the finished product is brightly colored. Mohair is mainly used in the production of coats, sweaters, blankets and knitting yarn. Compared with all-wool fabrics, this blended fabric is better and more expensive!

The above is the little knowledge about wool, alpaca and mohair that the editor has compiled for you. ,I hope to be helpful!

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