History of Cotton

- Meher Kaul
Origin
In the Indus River Valley in Pakistan,
co:on was being grown, spun and woven
into cloth 3,000 years BC. At about the
same Fme, naFves of Egypt’s Nile valley
were making and wearing co:on
clothing.

Arab merchants brought co:on cloth to
Europe about 800 A.D. When Columbus
discovered America in 1492, he found
co:on growing in the Bahama Islands. By
1500, co:on was known generally
throughout the world.

Co:on seed are believed to have
been planted in Florida in 1556 and in
Virginia in 1607. By 1616, colonists
were growing co:on along the James
River in Virginia.

Co:on was first spun by machinery in
England in 1730. The industrial
revoluFon in England and the
invenFon of the co:on gin in the U.S.
paved the way for the important
place co:on holds in the world today
 Fibre

Natural Regenerated Man-Made

Fibre Fibre Fibre

Plants, Dissolving ArFfically

animals, cellulose area made
minerals of plant fiber
in chemicals
and making it Nylon,
Co:on, silk, Ployester,
fiber again
linen, wool Rayon and
and flax Fiberglass
Viscose
Process of Cotton Manufacturing

1. Plucking

2. Removing Impurities

3. Spinning
4. Bailing

GOES TO THE MILL

5. Blow Room
6. Carding

7. Drawing
8. Roving

9. Spinning

Yarn
 Uses of Cotton
Jeans
Levi Strauss & Co., a major producer of
jeans and denim, says that co:on is used
in 95 percent of its products. Jeans have
become a basic staple in the American Shirts
closet since Levi Strauss began From the classic white co:on T-shirt
manufacturing them in 1873. that brings to mind James Dean to
the bu:on-up work staple, co:on is
the main fabric used to make a
Underwear breathable and comfortable shirt.
Co:on is a main fabric used in
underwear, from briefs to undershirts.
Since co:on is breathable, absorbent Bedding
and so`, it's ideal for use in garments Co:on makes up more than 60 percent
that are close to the body. of the market for sheets, pillowcases and
bedspreads. Co:on is also widely used in
Towels other home furnishings such as curtains
Towels and washcloths are made and pillows.
almost exclusively of co:on. Co:on
fiber is absorbent and the best fabric to
use in bathroom and kitchen towels.
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