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Climate & Clothes!

Fibre to Fabric

Fibres and their classification!

Wool & its production!

Wool is an animal fibre obtained from the fleece of animals like goat, sheep etc.

Fleece: It is a thick covering of wool on an animal’s body

So, Wool is mostly obtained from the fleece of sheep!

Coarse beard hair & Soft under-hair

Rearing of Sheep for wool

• Australia, Middle East, Asia, Iceland, Europe and South America.

• Australia, China & New Zealand are the major commercial producers of wool in the world.

• In India, rearing of sheep is the main occupation of the people in the states of J & K, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana.

llama

Bactrian camels

Cashmere• is an extremely soft, resilient, and easy-

to-dye fibre.

• This rare and expensive fibre is combed once in a year from the bellies of cashmere and other goats.

• The under-hair of Kashmiri goat is used to make fine shawls called pashmina shawls.

Angora

Mohair

• Spun from the fleece of Angora goat.

Yak wool

Wool production from Sheep• Steps involved in the production of wool:

1. Rearing

2. Shearing: The process of removing fur or fleece from the sheep.

3. Scouring: The process of removing dirt, dust and grease from the sheared hair of sheep.

4. Sorting

5. Removing Burr

6. Dyeing

7. Making Yarn

Life cycle of silk moth

Sericulture