WOOLMARK SPECIFICATIONSPECIFICATION F-7: 2016

FIBRE CONTENT OFWOOL BLEND PRODUCTS
PRODUCTS
The Wool Blend logo may be applied to the following products, assuming that the products also meetthe relevant specifications:Apparel products
KnitwearWoven garments•••••••••••
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•Sweaters, cardigans and waistcoats
Jackets and coats
Trousers
SkirtsDresses
Dressing gowns
Shirts and blouses
Underwear
Nightwear (excluding dressing gowns)
Socks, stockings and tights
Leggings
Multi-piece garment sets (including suits andcostumes)• Accessories (hats, scarves, gloves, ties).

Coats (including waistcoats)
Jackets
Suits (ie jacket plus trousers)
Costumes (ie jacket plus skirt)
Trousers
SkirtsDresses
Dressing gowns
Kimonos
Shirts and blouses
Nightwear (excluding dressing gowns)
Accessories (hats, shawls, scarves, gloves,ties).

Semi-processed products• Woven fabrics for the apparel applications listed above• Knitted fabrics for the apparel applications listed above• Yarnso weaving yarns for apparel onlyo machine knitting yarns for apparel onlyo hand knitting yarns.
Furnishing fabrics covered by Specification IF-1

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Specifications
Property
Wool content (%)
Minimum
Maximum
Non-wool fibre content (%)

Test method

Pass level

TWC-TM155

30% New Wool
50% New Wool

Maximum
70%• The above specification must be read in conjunction with the notes overleaf.
NOTES
1. Wool Blend products must meet the specifications detailed in product specifications AK-1, AW-1,SF-1, SF-2, IF-1 and SY-1, as appropriate.
2.

Wool Blend must not be used on pile garment shells.

3.

Wool Blend must not be used on bedding products covered by product specifications IB-1, IB-2, IB3 and IB-5.

4.

Wool Blend must not be used on floor-covering products covered by product specifications IC-1,IC-2.

5.

Where a product specification specifically excludes the use of the Wool Blend label, it shall not beused on that product.

6.

‘New wool’ includes fibre from the fleece of the sheep or lamb (wool). The fibres must notpreviously have been spun into yarn, felted nor previously have been incorporated into a finishedproduct.

7.

Included are fleece wool, skin wool, wool fibres from soft untwisted wastes, such as loosely
connected wool fibres obtained as a by-product of the carding or combing of previously
unprocessed wool, broken tops, noils, roving wastes and roller wastes. It is not permitted to include
ginned wools, flocks recovered from wet or dry finishing processes, nor fibres reclaimed from woolfilled mattresses.

8.

‘Other fibres’ includes any type of natural-polymer (e.g. viscose, lyocell) or synthetic-polymer (iepolyester, polyamide) or natural fibre (includes silk or vegetable fibre) in the new state. Re-usedfibres are not permitted, nor are reprocessed fibres that have previously been spun into yarn orfelted or previously have been incorporated into a finished product.

9.

Only one non-wool fibre (‘man-made‘ or ’other natural fibre’) may be used in intimate blend withwool in an individual (ie. single) yarn. The Woolmark Management Group may authorise requests
to use more than one non-wool fibre in an intimate blend for good reasons.

10. If two or more single yarns are twisted together it is permitted to have different non-wool fibres ineach of the single yarns.
11. Only one non-wool fibre (‘man-made‘ or ’other natural fibre’) may be used in intimate blend withwool in non-spun products like: filling layers or nonwoven fabrics.
12. Products composed of 100% non-wool warp or weft are permitted if the overall product fibre
content is at least 30% new wool.
13. ‘Fine animal hairs’ includes angora goat (mohair), cashmere goat (cashmere), camel, alpaca,
llama, vicuna and angora rabbit. However, angora rabbit may not be described as wool in Canada,Mexico, South Africa and USA.

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14. If fine animal hairs are included in a product no mention of the fact may be made on the label; theproduct must be labelled as x% new wool (ie wool plus fine animal hair), y% non-wool fibre. The
presence of fine animal hair may be mentioned on an additional (non-Woolmark Blend) label.
15. In Australia and New Zealand, fine animal hairs must not be described as wool and, if included inblends with wool, must be described by their generic name(s) to distinguish between sheep’s wool
and other fine animal hair (e.g. cashmere).
ADDITIONAL NOTES•A tolerance of ±3.0% is permitted between the nominal (stated) blend ratio and the ratio measured
using Woolmark TM155. However, there is an absolute minimum wool fibre content of 30% whentested using TM155.

•An allowance of 0.3% of adventitious fibrous impurity is permitted. This is acceptable only if it isfibrous (i.e. where the non-wool fibre is in the form of separate fibres). It is not acceptable if theimpurity occurs as yarn or in a form where it is obvious that the fibres have been twisted together
previously.

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