Maja Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 I have been looking at wool pillows and many of them are stuffed with things they call wool nibs. It looks to me like it's just washed wool picked apart into small pieces. Anybody knows how it is actually done? Maja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam Wolf Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 It is a special breed of sheep the Highland nibwool breed from the extremes of northern Scotland. They are indeed a very rare breed so their wool would be extremely soft and comfortable. They come in a variety of colours and are parasite resistant (especially from bed bugs) and very intelligent, prefering to stay only on the northwestern sides of the mountains in which they can be found. Lucky find Or if you don't believe that I would bet it is just uneven pieces of wool (short pieces or short wool not very useful for clothing etc). Might be the shorter stuff that falls through when skirting too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maja Posted December 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Gee, I was way off! I thought they came from the nibbed woolly armadillo that lives in the area of the Straits of Nibraltar and sheds them only once in a decade. :lol: Thanks for the reply! After having hair sheep my woollies seem Ever So Mysterious and Intriguing, and I am trying to figure out a few things before the first shearing . Maja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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