Question

46 Explain the process of the formation of yarn from cotton wool.

Answer 1

• Cotton plants are used to make cotton wool. Cotton plants are cultivated in fields. They are most commonly grown in areas with black soil and a warm temperature.
• Cotton bolls are the fruit of cotton plants that are about the size of lemons.
• The bolls burst open as they mature, revealing seeds coated in cotton fibres. Cotton is hand-picked from the cotton bolls.
• Combing is used to separate the fibres from the seeds. Cotton ginning is the term for this process.
• It can be done manually or by machinery.
• Spinning is the process of creating yam from fibres. Cotton wool fibres are twisted and dragged out of a mass. The fibres are brought together to produce yarn in this way.
• A simple device used for spinning is a hand spindle called Takli and Charkha.