Wool classing

Parts of a Merino fleece
Throwing a freshly shorn fleece onto a wool table for skirting and classing.
Wool classing in Australia, c. 1900

Wool classing is the production of uniform, predictable, low-risk lines of wool, carried out by examining the characteristics of the wool in its raw state[1] and classing (grading) it accordingly. Wool classing is done by a wool classer.

  1. ^ Australian Wool Corporation; Australian Council of Wool Exporters (1989). Code of practice for the preparation of Australian wool clips, July 1989. Melbourne: Australian Wool Corporation.