There are generally four options for cleaning your Merino wool sweater. Continue reading
How to care for your merino clothing
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Jan
What do you know about our Merino wool?
23
Jan
The product of happy sheep in need of an annual haircut, merino wool’s harvesting and processing requires much less energy than the manufacture of synthetic fabrics. Reducing your carbon footprint has never felt so good. Continue reading
It’s a wooly wool world!
23
Jan
Wool is a sustainable resource. When using wool products you are indirectly supporting farmers throughout the world. The processing of wool does not require much environmental impact compared to other man-made fibers. Continue reading
Explaining the Benefits of Wool
30
Nov
Woolsports best reported the many benefits of wool clothing and that it has numerous natural attributes that make it one of the most comfortable of fabrics to wear. Continue reading
Springbok Shearing Team off to Australia for Shearing and Handling Wool Championships
12
Nov
Cape Wool SA reported on the 19th of November that the SA shearing team is off to Australia to represent SA in the Sports Shear Australia Association’s National Shearing and Wool Handling Championship. The National Shearing and Wool handing Championship will take place near Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia from 21 to 23 November.
The SA Sheep Shearing Federation has send a team to compete and they are; Hendrik Botha, Team manager, Phillip Cronje – Machine shearing judge, Herman Maartens – Wool handling judge, Jan Louis Venter – shoulder judge Wool Handling, DG Snyman and Abel Notsi – machine shearing, Mayenzeke Shweni and Zweliwile Hans – blade shearing, Elna Kitching and Tommy Calldo – wool handling.
The team will attend a welcome dinner on Friday the 21st of November, with competitions starting on Saturday the 22nd of November. We wish our team all the best and hope they achieve all their goals in this tough competition.