It turned a little nippy here. Today I was walking to my car from the office, freezing my nubbins off in my spring-weight wool suit (despite the long, heavy wool coat), wishing I had on wool hose and eight yards of 16 oz. tartan wrapped around me when I wondered to myself: how many sheep give up their fleece for a typical, traditional kilt in 16 oz. wool. Would anyone with any familiarity on the process of converting sheep hair into fabric care to hazard any estimates?

I figure that sort of factoid might be useful someday when answering the question, "Aren't you cold?"

"Why, no, sir, I'm wearing the wool of over 27 sheep!" one might say. "But the sheep are mighty unhappy at the moment..."

Regards,
Rex.