The difference between cashmere scarf and wool scarf is the difference between cashmere and wool. The differences are listed as follows:

1. Different sources

Wool comes from sheep. Even though sheep's wool is very fine, it is called wool in the industry and professions.

Cashmere is a thin layer of fine velvet that grows on the outer skin of goats and hides the roots of the goat's coarse hair. It grows to resist the wind and cold when it is cold in winter and then falls off in spring. It naturally adapts to the climate and is a rare special animal fiber.

2. Different collection methods

Collecting wool is like getting a haircut or undressing, shave it all with scissors, and "take it off". It is called shearing.

Cashmere grows on the roots of the coarse goat hair. When it comes to hair removal in spring, the herders will use a special iron comb to grab it little by little like a hair and become raw cashmere.

3. The output is different

Each sheep can produce several kilograms of wool per year, and each goat can only harvest dozens of grams of cashmere per year.

4. Different skin affinity

Cashmere fibers are composed of scales and cortical layers, without medulla layer, and most of them have an average diameter of 14-16μm. Even fine wool has an average diameter of 19.1~25μm.

The edge line of the scales of fine sheep's wool is thick and not very clear, forming a larger slope with the hair shaft, and there are more serrations protruding outward on the side; the surface of the scales is rough and not smooth.

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