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.