The wool quality number is normally used to indicate the higher worsted count that can be spun using given wool fibres.
It is probably more accurately interpreted as implying a certain fineness of fibre. This has arisen owing to the importance of fineness as a factor affecting the spinning quality.
The highest number is given to the finest wool and lowest to the coarser wool.
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