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Fibres
Last Updated on September 18, 2022 By Mrs Shilpi Nagpal 7 Comments

Question 1 Define the term fibre?

Question 2 What is meant by term fabric?

Question 3 Describe the process of making fabrics from fibre?

Question 4 Give few examples of fibres?

Question 5 Name 4 types of fabrics used by us?

Question 6 What is yarn?

Question 7 State the various uses of cotton fibres?

Question 8 What are cotton fibres?

Also Read NCERT Solutions for Chapter 3 Fibre to Fabric

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1 Fibre
2 Types of Fabrics
3 Yarn
4 Fabric
Fibre
A very thin thread-like strand from which cloth is made is called fibre.qweqewqeq
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
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.

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.

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

Fabrics are made of woven yarn

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.

Notes for Chapter 3 Fibre to Fabric

Fibres
Types of Fibres
Making of Fabric
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Naeim says

July 24, 2019 at 8:37 pm

Nice and simple to understand post on Fibres for Class 6

S.Harshavarthini says

June 9, 2020 at 12:03 pm

I am also studying class 6 th now .

it is very easy to Understand.

Aryan says

October 11, 2020 at 12:22 pm

Thank you ma’am for this Wonderful information

abhey mittal says

May 24, 2021 at 4:48 pm

very thanku mam this is very easy to learn

Isha says

July 21, 2021 at 5:01 pm

Initiative is very helpful, easy to understand for all

BK Venu gopal naidu says

August 22, 2021 at 9:37 am

It is very nice and it has good information

sophei says

March 1, 2022 at 4:07 pm

these are so easy notes to learn and also every thing is explained in detail

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