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Nordwolle - German wool, from endangered German sheep, produced 100% in Germany (nordwolle.com)
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[โ€“] Regna@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

So much sheared wool gets discarded, burned or used for landfills nowadays, there are too few commercial buyers. And hobbyists are too few and far between.

[โ€“] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

From clicking the link, this isn't sheared wool, it's the skins of dead lambs who were killed and butchered for food. At that point I ducked out, but I presume they're farming them, like American Bison being both farmed and endangered.

[โ€“] trolske@feddit.org 4 points 4 weeks ago

If you check the FAQ, it specifies that it's sheered wool, as the sheep are not kept for meat or wool production but but for grassland maintenance.
They caveat that males need to be culled as only one can live in a herd, otherwise sheep get culled once they become unable to feed by themselves.
So the wool is a byproduct of sheep that would be kept anyway.

[โ€“] wieson@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

It looks like the pelts are just an additional item one could buy.

The jackets and sleeping bags are definitely made from sheared wool. I've seen a few of they're videos. They were searching for colourful sheep in Europe in order to not have to dye the wool. They use grey wool from northern Germany, black wool from Wales and brown wool from Portugal.