Describe the different ways of making fabric from the fibre.
Describe the different ways of making fabric from the fibre.
Fabrics are made from fibres in the following two steps:
1. Fibres are first converted into yarn by the process of spinning.
In the process of spinning, fibres from a mass of cotton (or wool, silk, etc.) are drawn out and twisted. This brings the tiny fibres together to form a long and twisted thread called ‘yarn’.
2. Fabric is made from yarn by the process of weaving or knitting.
In weaving, fabrics are produced by interlacing two different sets of yarns (threads) horizontally or vertically or by arranging yarns passing in one direction with other yarns at right angles to them.
In weaving, two sets of yarns are used simultaneously to make a fabric. Yarn is woven to make a fabric by using looms. There are two types of looms: handlooms and powerlooms. A loom that is worked by hand is called a handloom, and a loom that works on electric power is called a power loom.
Knitting involves making fabric by interlocking loops with a single yarn (single thread) like braids in rows, using needles that are hooked. In knitting, a single yarn is used to make a fabric. It is done by hand using needles, but machines are also used.
Fabrics are made from fibres in the following two steps:
1. Fibres are first converted into yarn by the process of spinning.
In the process of spinning, fibres from a mass of cotton (or wool, silk, etc.) are drawn out and twisted. This brings the tiny fibres together to form a long and twisted thread called ‘yarn’.
2. Fabric is made from yarn by the process of weaving or knitting.
In weaving, fabrics are produced by interlacing two different sets of yarns (threads) horizontally or vertically or by arranging yarns passing in one direction with other yarns at right angles to them.
In weaving, two sets of yarns are used simultaneously to make a fabric. Yarn is woven to make a fabric by using looms. There are two types of looms: handlooms and powerlooms. A loom that is worked by hand is called a handloom, and a loom that works on electric power is called a power loom.
Knitting involves making fabric by interlocking loops with a single yarn (single thread) like braids in rows, using needles that are hooked. In knitting, a single yarn is used to make a fabric. It is done by hand using needles, but machines are also used.
