3. Fibre to Fabric

 Defination:-

1. Shearing

"The fleece of sheep along  with a thin layer of skin is removed from its body.  This process is called shearing".

2. Scouring

"The sheared skin with hair is thoroughly washed  in tanks  to remove  grease, dust and dirt .This is called scouring. "

3. Fibers 

"The thin strands  of thread that we see are made  up of still thinner strands called fibres ".

4. Natural fibers 

"The fibers of some fabrics such as cotton , jute, silk, wool are called Natural fibers. "

5. Synthetic  fiber

"Some fibre are also made from chemicals substances, which are not obtain  f from plants or animal sources.  These are  called synthetic fibers. "Eg-  polyster, nylon, acrylic .

6. Yarn

"Gently start pulling out the cotton while continuously  twisting the fibers   we can able to make a ' yarn'.

7. Spinning 

The process  of making  yarn from fibre is called "spinning ".

8. Weaving

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

9. Sorting

The separating of the fleece of a sheep in to sections according to the quality of woollen fibres is called " sorting ".

10. Wool

The long woollen fibres are speen or twisted in to thick yarn called " wool".

11. Sericulture 

The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called " sericulture ". Sericulture  means silk farming.

12. Silk worm 

The eggs are hatched into very small larva within a week .The larva of silk moths are called " silk worm or Caterpillar ".

13. Pupa

When the silkworm is ready to inter the next stage of its development called "pupa".

14. Cocoon

The Caterpillar completely covers itself by silk fibre and turn in to pupa .This covering is known as "cocoon ".

15. Reeling the silk 

The process  of taking out threads from cocoon for use as silk  is called "reeling the silk ".

Question and Answer :-

1  Which parts of black  sheep have wool?

The hairy skin called fleece has wool in black sheep.

2  What is meant by the white fleece  of the lamb ?

White fleece of the lamb means the white coloured hairy skin.

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