Sheared wool fleece and method for making sheared wool fleece utilizing yarn knitting

A method of making a sheared wool pile fabric comprising:

• knitting a yarn made with sheared wool fibers and knitting a textile scrim while simultaneously knitting the yarn and the textile scrim together, to produce a length of wool pile fabric having a wool fiber pile on one side and the textile scrim on an opposing side,
• rough shearing the wool fiber side of the fabric to a first predetermined length of the wool fibers,
• applying a polishing coating to the wool fiber side of the fabric,
• polishing the wool fiber side by passing the fabric over at least two heated polishing rolls, and
• fine shearing the wool fiber side of the fabric to a second predetermined length of the wool fibers.

A method of making a wool fleece product comprising:

• providing a yarn comprised of sheared wool fibers,
• knitting the yarn and knitting a textile scrim while simultaneously knitting the yarn and the scrim together, to form a length of semi-finished wool pile fabric having a wool pile on one side and the textile scrim on an opposing side,
• rough shearing the wool pile side of the fabric to a first length of the wool fibers,
• polishing the wool pile side by passing the fabric through a first set of at least two polishing rolls heated to at least 170 degrees C.,
• applying a polishing coating to the wool pile side of the fabric,
• polishing the wool pile side by passing the fabric through a third polishing roll heated to at least 170 degrees C.,
• shearing the wool pile side of the fabric to a second wool fiber length, wherein the second wool fiber length is less than the first wool fiber length,
• polishing the wool pile side by passing the fabric through at least one additional polishing roll heated to at least 170 degrees C.;
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• shearing the wool pile side of the fabric to a final wool fiber length, wherein the final wool fiber length is less than the second wool fiber length.