Question

8. A cotton fabric completes a long journey to reach us. Elaborate this journey starting

from Collecting the fibres from different sources in a flow chart. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Cotton has a long, winding road from the field to the consumer use.
• The goal of the Journey of Cotton series is to give our readers a better understanding—and appreciation—
• of how the miracle fiber makes its way into the products we all use each and every day.

Answer 2

Answer:

The process of making a cotton shirt is-

Picking→Ginning→Spinning→Weaving→Sewing

i. Picking- Cotton bolls are picked up from the plants in the fields by hand.

ii. Ginning- Separation of fibres from seeds by combining.

iii. Spinning- Fibres are extracted out from the big cotton wool and are twisted. This changes the fibres into a strong yarn.

iv. Weaving- A fabric of cotton is made after the arrangement of two sets of cotton yarns. It is done on looms.

v. Sewing or stitching- The cotton fabric is stitched into a shirt.