Fibre to Fabric (Part - 3) class 6

 Fibre to Fabric 

Q.18. What are the two steps involved in the process of making fabrics from fibres?

Ans. Fabrics are made from fibres in the following two steps:

i)   Fibres are first converted to yarn by the process of spinning.

ii)  Fabric is made from yarn by the process of Weaving or Knitting.



Q.19. What is spinning and how is it done?

Ans. The process of making yarn from fibres is called spinning.

In this process, fibres from a mass of any fibre are drawn out and twisted. This brings the fibres together to form a yarn.

Q.20. Name three devices for making yarn from fibres.

Ans. Yarn can be made from fibres by using three devices:

i)  Hand spindle (Takli)

ii) Spinning wheel (charkha)

iii) Spinning machines

Q.21. Which spinning device was popularized by Mahatma Gandhi as a part of Independence movement?

Ans. Use of Spinning wheel (charkha) was popularised by Mahatma Gandhi as part of the Independence movement. He encouraged people to wear clothes made of homespun yarn and boycott imported cloth made in the mills of Britain.

Q.22. What is Weaving?

Ans. The process of arranging two sets of yarns together to make a fabric is called weaving.

Weaving involves two sets of yarns (or two sets of threads) arranged at right angles to one another.

Q.23. What is a loom? For what purpose is it used?

Ans. The weaving of yarn to make fabrics is done by using ‘looms’ (A device for making fabrics by weaving yarn or threads is called a loom).

The looms are either hand operated (called handloom) or power operated (called powerloom).

Q.24. What is Knitting?

Ans. The process of making a fabric by interlocking loops of single yarn with knitting needles or machines, is called knitting.

knitted fabrics are made of a single yarn running throughout the fabric.

Q.25. Which devices are used for Knitting process?

Ans. Knitting is done by hand (by using knitting needles), and also on machines.

Q.26. What are the differences between weaving and knitting?

Ans.

 

Q.27. Write about History of Clothing.

Ans. In ancient times, people used big leaves of trees, barks of trees, animal skin and furs etc to cover their body.

After people began to settle in agricultural communities, they learnt to weave twigs and grass into mats and baskets. Vines, animal fleece or hair were twisted together into long strands. These were woven into fabrics.

The early Indians wore fabrics made out of cotton that grew in the regions near the river Ganga.  In ancient Egypt, cotton as well as flax were cultivated near the river Nile and were used for making fabrics. People simply draped the fabrics around different parts of their body. Many different ways of draping fabrics were used. 

With the invention of the sewing needle, people started stitching fabrics to make clothes. Stitched clothes have gone through many variations since this invention.

Just as there is a large variety in the food eaten all over our country, a large variety exists also in fabrics and clothing items.

Q.28. Name few un-stitched piece of fabric that are worn.

Ans. Saree, Dhoti, Lungi and Turban.

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