A Shirt In The Market

The Gateway To The Texti le Industries

Presented By – Prakhar Gupta
VII-A
 Cotton
 Cotton Fibre is a Natural Fibres
 Cotton seeds are planted in spring season
 Cotton crop is usually grown at places having
black soil and warm climate
 In India cotton is mainly grown in states like
Andhra Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat
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 After maturing the cotton balls burst open to produce cotton
seeds covered with white soft cotton fibre
 The cotton fibres picked from the field have cotton seeds in
them
 They are sold to Ginning mills where seeds are separated
through machines
 The fibre is further sold to Spinning mills where fibre is turned
to yarns and these yarn are further weaved to form a shirt

Ginning Mills Spinning Mills Weaving Mills

 Flax
 Flax Fibre is a natural fibre
 It is obtained from flax plant
 The cloth made of stem fibres of flax is called
Linen
 It is also used for making bed-sheets etc
 It is one of the most strongest natural fibre
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 Once the stalks are retted in the fields, the inner
fibers are removed through a process called scutching
 Flax fibers are then separated into categories, short
and long
 The longest fibers are set aside to make yarns for
linen
 These linen yarn are further weaved to form shirts
and bed-sheets from it

Scutching
 Silk
 Silk Fibre is a natural fibre

 It is soft strong fine and shining fibre

 It is produced by Silkworms in making their cocoons

 Some of the varieties of silk are :

 Mulberry Silk

 Tassar Silk

 Mooga Silk

 Kosa Silk

 Eri Silk
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 The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is
called Sericulture
 Sericulture means “ Silk Farming ”
 Silk is made of a protein
 Once the silk threads have been extracted
they are twisted to form the silk thread
 The silk thread is weaved to form shirts
Sericulture
Life History Of Silk Moth

Eggs of silk moth Larva or Caterpillar Cocoon

on mulberry leaves

 The Cocoon is made up of protein fibre

 That fibre is known as Silk

Adult Silk Moth

 Fun Facts
 The fruits of cotton plants are of the size of lemons
 Flax fibers were the main source of cloth until the growth of
the cotton industry in the 1800s
 The first flax fibers were found in Dzudzuana Cave and dated
to the Upper Paleolithic 30,000 years ago
 Silk was originally developed in ancient China
 The average lifetime of a piece of clothing is approximately 3
years
 Cotton has been used for over 7,000 years
 Dyneema is the world’s strongest fibre in the world