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Fibre to Fabric

Silk

Last Updated on By Mrs Shilpi Nagpal

Question 1 What is meant by sericulture? Question 2 What are the characteristics of silk fibres obtained from the cocoons of  silk moth? Question 3  How will you distinguish between natural and artificial silk? Question 4 What is meant by reeling the silk? How is it done? Question 5 What is a cocoon? name the fibre of which a cocoon is made? Question 6 Describe … [Read more...] about Silk

Wool

Last Updated on By Mrs Shilpi Nagpal

Question 1 Name two fibres obtained from animals? Question 2 Describe how wool is obtained from sheep and processed to make woollen yarn? Question 3 What is meant by shearing? Question 4 What is meant by scouring? Question 5 What is meant by sorting? Question 6 In what type of weather shearing of sheep is done? Question 7 Why does shearing not hurt the … [Read more...] about Wool