Environmentally-friendly spinning lubricants produced by Crosfield Textile chemicals of Warrington are described. Croslube G-CL is an antistatic lubricant used in the spinning of carded wool and wool subjected to chlorination treatmet for shrink resistance. Croslube G-WLN is a highly biodegradable lubricant for use in general wool spinning and in the preparation of yarns destined for knitwear in Lambswool, Shetland and mixtures of these. Croslube 306 is a lubricant for use on machinery for the production of circular knitting.