Fibre to Fabric Notes

INTRODUCTION

•    Appearance is the most important factor in our daily life style.

•    In current society a person’s appearance, dressing and clothing does matter a lot.

•    Clothes are important in our life because they guard our body from weather conditions such as heat, cold, and rain.

•    They also protect us from insect bites.

•    In addition to that, they make us look good.

•    There are different types of clothes like leather jacket, jute hat, silk sari, cotton dress, etc.

•    The materials used in all these clothes are leather, jute, silk, and cotton, etc.

HISTORY OF CLOTHING

•    In ancient times, people used the bark and big leaves of trees or animal skins and furs to cover themselves.

•    After people began to settle in agricultural communities, they learnt to weave twigs and grass into mats and baskets.

•    According to archaeologists, the earliest clothing likely consisted of fur, leather, leaves, or grass that were draped, wrapped, or tied around the body.

•    Archeologists have identified sewing needles of bone and ivory from about 30,000 BC.

FIBRE AND FABRIC

•    Many a time, when we try to thread a needle, the end of the thread is separated into a few thin strands.

•    This makes it difficult to pass the thread through the eye of the needle. 

•    The thin strands of thread that we see, are made up of thinner strands called fibres.

•    Fabrics are made up of yarns and yarns are further made up of fibres.

•    The fibres present in our food are called dietary fibres.

•    They are made up of cellulose.