The diagram details the process of making wool. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart illustrates the various steps in the process of making woollen products.

Overall

, there are 10 principal stages in

this

process, beginning with the rearing of sheep and ending with the finished goods.

Firstly

, sheep are reared, until they have enough

wool

on their bodies for the next step – removing the

wool

, known as shearing.

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the third and fourth stages,

this

wool

is cleaned and dried. It is

then

ready for spinning by machine, after which the

wool

is almost ready to be made into different products. At

this

spinning stage,

however

, some of the product can be used to make string and may be recycled. From the

wool

produced at the sixth stage, tufts of

wool

are manufactured and

then

stored.

Next,

the tufted

wool

is used for spinning into balls of yarn.

Finally

, these balls of yarn may be used for knitting or for making

into

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woollen goods,

such

as jackets or carpets.