Fabrics Around Us
CBSE · Class 11 · Home Science
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Overview
Fabrics are part of daily life and are used for comfort, warmth, decoration, protection, and many practical needs. Textile materials include fibres, yarns, and fabrics. Fibre is the basic building block, yarn is a continuous strand made from fibres, and fabric is the final textile product made mainl
Key Concepts
A fibre is a tiny
A fibre is a tiny, fine, hair-like structure and the basic building block of fabrics. Fibres are processed into yarns and then into fabrics.
Yarn is a continuous strand
Yarn is a continuous strand of textile fibres or filaments twisted together in a form suitable for knitting, weaving, or other textile making. Thread
Fabric is the final textile product
Fabric is the final textile product. It is made mainly from yarns by weaving or knitting, though felts and non-wovens are made directly from fibres.
Natural fibres are of four types
Natural fibres are of four types: cellulosic, protein, mineral, and natural rubber. Manufactured fibres include regenerated cellulosic fibres such as
Fibre is cleaned
Fibre is cleaned, made into laps, converted into sliver, attenuated, drawn, twisted, and finally spun into yarn. Sliver is a rope-like mass of loose f
Learning Objectives
- Understand the diversity of fabrics used in daily life
- Classify textile fibres on the basis of origin and type
- Explain the meaning of fibre, yarn, and fabric
- Describe how yarn is processed from fibres
- Compare weaving, knitting, braiding, knotting, and direct fibre fabrics
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- NCERT Official — ncert.nic.in
- CBSE Academic — cbseacademic.nic.in
- CBSE Official — cbse.gov.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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