I need to make some corrections from my last entry:

I know I would keep the measurements of a 250 enc sack of wool being about 360 lbs and 36 10 lb. units, each of which is about 10 sq yd of wool yarn, enough to make a full outfit.

I actually find that 200-240 sheep were typically figured, at that time, to make up a sack of wool, so each would only be providing 1.5-1.8 lbs of wool each, not sure why the vast difference from the 10 lbs. I found yesterday, but historically, that was the much more common reference, with some figures as high as 280 fleece per sack.

I find a site that says to make a 36″x36″ (1 sq yd?) blanket out of worsted wool, you need 1000-1100 yards of yarn, so it apparently takes roughly a thousand yards of yarn per square yard of worsted wool, so 3,000y = 3 sq yd.

I miscalculated in my earlier post, as I find that supposedly, a pound of wool produces anywhere from 200 yards to a mile of yarn. And I think it is listed as taking about 3 sq yd for a light wool coat (I presume suit coat) in modern times. Throw in the pants, also about 3 sq yd probably, a vest, probably 2 sq yd, you get about 8 sq yd.

I’d say you could extend this to about 4 sq yards for a light medieval coat, 2 sq yd for a tunic, and 3 sq yd for pants, for a total of about 9 sq yd, then add in for a cap and socks for a medieval peasant, for 10 sq yd of yarn, or about 10,000 yards, assuming 1,000 yards per pound. So that takes care of a 10 lb. unit of wool perfectly. How symmetrical.

Taking all this together, 10 lbs of wool produces considerably more than enough to make a modern man’s full suit (not including cotton shirt, socks, shoes etc for modern times), with probably the 1 mile of yarn per pound measurement.

I’d still say:

1 lb worked wool = 1,000 length yards of spun yarn/1 square yard = .70 enc = 1gc retail

1 lb raw wool = 1,000 length yards worth of yarn/1 square yard = .70 enc = 10s retail

10 lb raw wool = 10,000 length yards worth of yarn/10 sq yd = 7 enc = 5gc retail

364 lb raw wool = 364,000 length yards worth of yarn/364 sq yd = 250 enc = 182gc

Maybe once the raw wool is worked into square yards of cloth, its Craftsmanship goes up, increasing its value, so this being raw and unworked wool, it would be Poor (1/2), so 80gc or something similar? Plus being trade goods, it wouldn’t be standard book retail price I’d guess, as it would be done at a trading volume discount.

**EDIT: I see now I doubly miscalculated. Previously, since each pound was also 1 sq yard, there should have been 364 square yards per sack, at 1gc each, so 364gc per sack, so even halving that, you just now get down to the 182gc.

Clearly the problem lies in Warhammer’s math and not any of my figuring, because my effort is beyond impeccable =)

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