For centuries wool has maintained its position as a principal textile fibre in the cooler and temperate regions of the world. In view of its multi-dimensional uses* its importance and the place that it occupies in the world's textile industry cannot be under-estimated. This natural fibre obtained as it is from the back of sheep, goats and rabbits, has indeed been used in one form or the other for clothing, furnishing, floor-covering, knitwear, hosiery and several other handicraft items for the past several centuries. In India, wool is mainly produced in Bikaner and Udaipur areas of Rajasthan, Kulu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, Panipat district in Haryana and almost all the districts of Jammu and Kashmir. However, the quality of wool grown in India with the exception of -Jammu and Kashmir is very coarse and has a limited use in coarse carpets, blankets, tweeds and some handicraft items.