D2 writes: <<Baled wool is skirted first. That would give the wool time to dry out. >>
Not hardly :) Skirting done by professionals for bales of wool is very fast. Skirting done by handspinning flock owners isn't necessarily slow enough to let wool dry out, either, even if it was 'dry' as it came off the sheep. And remember how much wool absorbs water right from the air.
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