Ch 3 traces the journey from fibre to fabric. Students learn about natural and synthetic fibres, how yarn is made from fibres (spinning), and how fabric is made from yarn (weaving and knitting).
Natural fibres come from plants (cotton, jute, flax) and animals (wool, silk). Synthetic fibres (polyester, nylon, acrylic) are made in factories from chemicals. Cotton comes from cotton bolls; jute from stem of jute plant.
Fibres are thin strands. Spinning twists fibres into yarn (using charkha or spindle). Weaving interlaces two sets of yarn at right angles on a loom. Knitting uses a single yarn with needles to make loops.
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Cotton plants bear fruits (cotton bolls). When ripe, bolls burst open revealing white cotton fibres attached to seeds. Fibres are handpicked or machine-picked, then separated from seeds (ginning) and spun into yarn.
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