Sheep wool pillows - the pros and cons

The pillow always sleeps well, and if it is of the best quality, then the sleep is calmer, you can rest in bed with maximum comfort.

If we turn to the statistics of pillows sold, it turns out that it is from sheep's wool - the most popular among buyers. It is surprising that this product was popular and many centuries ago, when everything was still sewn by hand. And now mass production allows us to provide a large number of people with sheep pillows. Despite the higher price than synthetic products, such textiles are in good demand.

What is attractive about natural sheep pillow?

Such a pillow is made only with the use of natural material, which is merino sheep wool. Moreover, their diet is special, they are sheared only at certain times - because the fleece turns out to be so soft and gentle, but at the same time elastic and resilient.

Natural base gives the pillow a number of features:

1. Toxic substances that can threaten human health, they do not.
2. Products are not a conductor of electricity.
3. Compared with synthetic material, they are more capricious, require gentle care, but still wear out faster.

Previously, sheep wool pillows were less accessible and cost much more expensive, but thanks to modern technology, wool material has become more common, and is no longer in the category of scarce ones. Of course, it is still difficult to grow a merino sheep, retaining its wool, and then gathering it by hand. Collected wool must be sorted out, removing the adhered debris, dry well, which is done on special devices, creating certain conditions, periodically turning over, shaking and straightening. Be sure to run the fleece, carefully combed and treated with protective devices.

All these processes significantly increase the cost of products, but high-quality products have always been in high demand, therefore, pillows have their fairly high price.

Distinguishes such a pillow primarily:

1. Ecological purity.
2. The ability to regulate temperature.Sheep wool along with camel has a thermoregulatory effect. Thus, a good microclimate is created in bed. This is due to the fact that between the hairs the air circulates freely, and this ensures the retention of heat - it remains warming and ensuring a peaceful sleep. But, if the season is summer, a pleasant coolness comes from the sheep's fabric.
3. Hygroscopic properties. The structure of the material allows you to absorb more than 30 percent of human fluid. This is very important, especially for those who sweat a lot at night, and this process interferes with good sleep. The skin of the face and neck can breathe freely.

Textiles made from sheep's wool do not have an unpleasant smell, unlike other natural fabrics. And, very importantly, microorganisms that can harm a person do not appear in it. It is impossible to detect fungi in such pillows. Moreover, this wool is the purest raw material, as it has bactericidal properties.

If suddenly a pillow, the label of which claims that it is 100 percent sheep's wool, suddenly emits a strange or unpleasant smell - it means that it is a fake. Or another material has been added to the product.But it may happen that during the processing of the thread the technology was violated, or the raw materials did not match the quality. In any case, the choice of such pillows is not worth attention.

Medicinal properties

Doctors agreed that the sheep pillow has healing properties. And all because the sheep's hair is very elastic and able to repel dust - it does not have the ability to assemble in the product. In this, a sheep pillow is leading among others - with a filler of down and feather. For this reason, those who often have allergic attacks, especially at night, caused by dust, acquire such pillows, saving themselves from the problem.

The medical assistance of sheep filler also lies in the fact that animal fibers produce lanolin - a special natural wax. He is known to all who watch their skin, is part of many cosmetics. Wool fabric also contains this natural gift, and even in a dream the procedure of rejuvenation and healing takes place.

If a cold disease begins, the temperature rises, the properties of wool will demonstrate another unique quality - they will warm them with dry heat.This property will benefit in the fight against inflammation, bronchitis, diseases of the musculoskeletal system. The pillow can also be applied to the upper part of the spine, to the legs, and to all parts of the body, as it can alleviate the pain caused by radiculitis or osteochondrosis. Heats the pillow and those who constantly feel the feeling of cold. That is why it is often bought for the elderly.

But for children, too, bedding made from sheep's wool will be useful. Warming and creating a cozy microclimate, they will be able to protect themselves from colds, parents will not worry that the pillow will become electrified and will create discomfort.

When it comes to the purchase of pillows to postpone

Some properties of a pillow can make you wonder if it will benefit. Limitations can be such facts:

1. If a person is prone to allergies caused by sources of organic origin. Sheep pillow is one of those and consists of, and although the dust in it practically does not accumulate, but it can become an allergen due to its natural origin. It may happen that the body reacts negatively to the substances with which the fleece is processed.
2. With very active use of wool filler begins to slide over time - after a year and a half. Of course, all the useful qualities are necessarily preserved, but the product itself is slightly deformed, which affects a more comfortable support while resting the head and shoulders.
3. If you want to buy an orthopedic pillow, the sheep will not be suitable for these purposes. Although it has springy qualities, it is rather soft, and does not possess such properties.

Distinction patterns

Pillows from sheep raw materials are very different. Their difference, first of all, in quality and price.

On the first place in popularity are products with 100% natural filler. But it is also permissible during the production to add a small percentage of artificial fibers. Thanks to high technology, many of them are also of high quality, especially since they significantly prolong the use of the pillow, keeping the shape and giving it a significant amount.

There are some products in which:

• outer cover contains sheep wool;
• The inner case has a swan down or holofiber.

There are pillows with a woolen cover. In this case, the internal composition may be filling from raw materials, organic or natural, but the cover itself - from sheep's wool. It warms well, but more often the cover is hard enough, because for some time it will be good to rest on it, but a long sleep will not be comfortable.

You can make a pillow yourself, if you buy natural sheep wool. It will not be difficult for needlewomen to knit an original sheep product with knitting or crocheting, bringing a unique highlight to the interior.

Competent care

Careful attitude and care in accordance with the instructions will provide a pillow in good condition. Keep it in the proper form is not difficult. It is necessary to air it every 6 months in a small draft. If you need to wash, then it is done only manually, at a temperature not higher than 35 degrees. Means for washing should choose the most delicate, for such a case, you can use shampoo.

Rinse should be a short time, otherwise the product is quickly deformed. Do not squeeze: water should drain, because the pillow is placed first in a container, and only then, for final drying, laid out on a flat surface. It is permissible to wash the covers in a washing machine, but always in the “delicate wash” mode.