Production of Worsted Woven Fabric with Local-National Merino Wool in Turkey and Its Transformation into Suit Jackets after Performance Tests: An Adventure from Sheep to Jacket

The aim of this study is to convert the fleeces obtained after 1 year of maintenance of the Karacabey (Turkish) Merino fleece-oriented starter flock of Turkey, which was established in Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Faculty of Agriculture Education Research and Application Farm, into worsted yarn and then woven fabric for the first time in Turkey after wool washing. Thus, it is aimed to show that the same worsted men's suit woven fabrics normally produced with Australian merino wool can be produced with Turkish merino. The structural, mechanical, handle and comfort properties of the produced fabric after dyeing-finishing processes were compared with the fabric produced with Australian merino by taking the fabric produced with Australian merino as reference. In the performance tests conducted, it was determined that the fabric produced with local-national wool showed similar quality performance properties to the fabric produced with Australian merino and the first men's suit jacket production was achieved from this fabric obtained from our local wool.