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Natural and Synthetic
Natural fabrics: Derived
from plants or animals.
Synthetic fabrics:
Made from man made chemicals. Developed to improve upon the properties of natural fabrics.
Fiber blends: Made up of
more than one type of fiber. May be a combination of natural and synthetic.
WOOL – is a dense, soft, often
curly hair forming the coat of
sheep and certain other
mammals, such as the goat
and alpaca. Wool consists of
cylindrical fibers of keratin
Flax (linen)
Is the thread/fabric
made from fibers of the flax plant.
Fabric is often wrinkly
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant. Cotton is one of the most common types of fabric used in clothing manufacture.
12,000 B.C. — Cotton cloth was used
to wrap mummies in Egypt.
1793 — Massachusetts teacher and
inventor, Eli Whitney, revolutionized
the cotton industry when he invented
the labor-saving cotton gin. He called it
a “gin,” short for engine, and claimed it
replaced the work of 50 men.
1849 — Denim jeans, or “levis,” were
created for miners during the California
Gold Rush.
1879 — The first light bulb manufactured
by Thomas Edison used cotton filament.
1905 — Wilbur and Orville
Wright covered the wings of
their first airplane with cotton.
1969 -
Astronauts
returning from
the moon wear
all cotton
isolation suits.
Silk is a fine lustrous fiber composed out of fibroin and produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons, especially the strong, elastic, fibrous secretion of silkworms are used to make thread and fabric.
Nylon - is a thermoplastic,[2] silky material, first used commercially in a nylon-bristled toothbrush (1938), followed more famously by women's stockings.
Acetate is derived from cellulose by reacting purified cellulose from wood pulp with acetic acid and acetic anhydride in the presence of sulfuric acid.
Acrylic - Acrylic
fibers are synthetic fibers made from a polymer
Polyester –is a
category of polymers and was one of the first man-made fibers , and has been manufactured on an industrial scale since 1947.
Polar fleece, usually
referred to simply as "fleece," is a soft napped insulating synthetic fabric made from Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or other synthetic fibers
Durability
Strength Moisture absorbency and comfort Wrinkle and heat resistance
Cotton blended with polyester will give you the comfort of
cotton, along with the wrinkle-resistance, durability and
strength of polyester.
Spinning is an ancient textile art in which
plant, animal or synthetic fibers are drawn out
and twisted together to form yarn.