Mestiza Wool

MESTIZO, or MESTIZA WOOL

The wool commonly known as River Plate or Agentine wool. It is obtained by crossing the Spanish merino with the native South American sheep, the criolla. It is a wool of good quality, but is very difficult to clean owing to being infected with " screw burrs " which resist any carbonizing process. A special machine is necessary, in addition to carbonizing, to make the wool fit for spinning.