'Vegan wool' Weganool's marketing riles up Australian woolgrowers FriFriday 12 Weganool is made from a blend of cotton and fibres from the calotropis weed. ( Share Print text only Cancel Is it acceptable for a non-wool product to market itself as vegan wool? Absolutely not, according to Wool Producers Australia. Key points: Wool producers say wool can only come from an animal Weganool's retailer says the product has similar traits to wool The peak body for woolgrowers is riled up by a marketing campaign for a new product called Weganool, made of three parts cotton and one part fibre from the weed calotropis, which is common in parts of northern Australia.