Fibre

A very thin thread-like strand from which cloth is made is called fibre.

Fabric is produced by weaving or knitting long, twisted threads called yarn made from

fibres

Our school uniform, shirts , trouser ,blouses ,skirts, shorts ,saree, shawl, blanket, bed sheets,
towel, table cloth, curtains, duster are all made from different kinds of fabrics.

We can see a large variety of fabrics. Some fabrics are made of cotton, others are made of
wool or silk whereas other are made of synthetic material.

Types of Fabrics
The various types of fabrics which are commonly used by us are

1 Cotton fabrics

2 Woollen fabrics

3 Silk fabrics

4 Synthetic fabrics

We wear clothes made of cotton fabrics during the hot days of summer season and woollen
clothes are worn in cold days of winter.

The clothes made of silk fabrics and synthetic fabrics are the most comfortable when the
weather is neither very hot nor very cold.

Yarn
yarn is a spun thread which is used for weaving or knitting fabrics.

or

yarn is a long thread which is used for making fabrics.

Fabrics are made of yarns, which are, in turn are made from fibres.

Fabric
A fabric is made of a network of threads or yarns going along the length and breadth of the
fabric , at right angle to one another.

Find a loose yarn at one of the edges of the piece of cotton fabric and pull it out with our
hand. If no loose yarns are visible ,we can pull out the yarn from the fabric with the help of a
pin or needle. We can go on pulling more and more yarns or threads from the piece of cotton
fabric. In fact, the whole piece of cotton fabric can be pulled into a large number of pieces of
yarn. A piece of cotton fabric is made up of cotton yarn or cotton threads woven together.

A fabric is made up of yarns or threads woven together.

Take out a yarn from a piece of cotton fabric. Place this piece of yarn on the table. Now,
press one end of the yarn with the thumb of left hand and scratch the other end of yarn along
its length with the nail of right hand thumb. We will find that the piece of cotton yarn splits
into thin thread strands of cotton.
This shows that the cotton yarn of the fabric is made up of still thinner strands of
cotton. These thin strands of cotton which make up the yarn are called cotton fibres.

Cotton fabric is made of cotton yarn which is made from cotton fibres.

Fabrics are made up of yarn ,and yarn is made from fibres.

Fibres make yarn, and then yarn makes fabrics or cloth.

Cotton is a white soft and fluffy material. If we hold a piece of cotton between our hands and
pull it apart we will see a large number of very thin and tiny thread likes strands in it. These
small and thin strands are called cotton fibres.

A lump of cotton is a collection of a large number of fibres.

Fibres are very thin, thread-like strands from which fabrics or cloth is made.

Examples of fibres are cotton, wool, silk, flax, jute, nylon, polyester, polyacrylic.

The fibres are spun into yarn which can then be woven on a Loom to make a fabric or cloth.

The fibres are of two types

1 Natural fibres

2 Synthetic fibres

The fibres which are obtained from natural sources like plants and animals are called natural
fibres.

Natural fibres are a collection of tiny threads obtained from plants and animals.

For Example : cotton, wool, Silk, flax, jute.

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Types of Fibres
May 19, 2018 by Mrs Shilpi Nagpal

Question 1 Name the animal from which wool is commonly obtained?

Question 2 What are the two types of fibres? Give example of each type of fibre?
Question 3 What is ginning? How is it done?

Question 4 State the uses of cotton fibres?

Question 5 Name few fibres obtained from plants?

Question 6 Name few fibres obtained from animals?

Question 7 What type of soil and climate are good for growing cotton?

Question 8 Describe how jute fibres is obtained from jute plants?

Question 9 State the uses of jute fibres?

Question 10 What is meant by natural fibres? Give example?

Question 11 What is meant by synthetic fibres? Give example?

Question 12 What are flax fibres?

Question 13 What is coir?

Question 14 Name two items that are made from coconut fibres?

Also Read NCERT Solutions for Chapter 3 Fibre to Fabric

Contents [hide]
 1 The fibres are of two types
o 1.1 1 Natural fibres
o 1.2 2 Synthetic fibres
 2 Cotton
 3 Flax
 4 Jute
The fibres are of two types
1 Natural fibres

2 Synthetic fibres

The fibres which are obtained from natural sources like plants and animals are called natural
fibres.

Natural fibres are a collection of tiny threads obtained from plants and animals.
For Example : cotton, wool, Silk, flax, jute.

Flax and jute are the natural fibres obtained from plants.

Wool and silk are the natural fibres obtained from animals.

Wool is commonly obtained from sheep. Wool is also obtained from the hairs of goat,
rabbits, yak, camels.

Silk fibres are obtained from silkworm. It is drawn from the cocoon of silkworm.

Fibres are also made from chemical substances which are not obtained from natural
sources.The fibres which are prepared from chemical substances in industry are
called synthetic fibres.

For example: Nylon, polyester (terylene) and polyacrylic (orlon).

Synthetic fibres are also known as artificial fibres or manufactured fibres.

Synthetic fibres are used for making fabrics, making carpets and ropes.

Synthetic fibres are much more strong than natural fibres. The clothes made of synthetic
fibres lasts for how much longer time. We can distinguish between the cotton, wool, silk and
synthetic fabrics by performing the burning test.

Take a small piece of fabric to be tested. Hold one end of the fabric with a pair of tongs and
bring the other end of fabric over the flame of burner.

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