Durability of Wool

Where cotton fibre falls apart after 3,000 bends, and silk risks tearing at only 2,000,  wool can stand up to 20,000 flexures before breakage occurs.

 This means it retains its shape and appearance far longer than many other fibres.
Wool is a highly complex structure comprising of two main parts. The first is a rigid and elastic section, which makes up about 30 per cent of the fibre volume.

The second is a tough-when-dry, soft-when-wet matrix phase allowing the wool to react with the moisture in the atmosphere. This provides a resilient fibre in almost all conditions.


The reaction with moisture is key to  wool. When saturated, it can stretch up to 30 per cent without damage and still retain its shape once returned to normal.


At a microscopic level, wool has the distinctive ability to change its elastic elements from a helix (spiral) to sheet (flat) structure, a process that can be repeated as many times as the weather.

All these characteristics make wool one of the best fibres in the world for creating quality clothing.