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became food producer from food gatherer MODERN WAY OF MAKING CLOTH
and se led down at one place. At this me,
Modern mechanised tex le manufacture
he started using skins and fur of animals to was first developed in Britain. It was the
cover his body parts. He also used skin result of spinning and weaving machines
(bark) of trees and leaves to cover his body that were invented by Hargreaves. He
parts. He also used small stone chips and invented Spinning Jenny in 1795.
bones of animals to make jewellery.
Spinning Jenny
The early man wore skin of animals to protect
themselves from rough weather. Later, many other people developed other
advanced spinning and weaving machines
DEVELOPMENT OF CLOTHING MATERIALS
such as Crop on (mule), Arkwright (water
The technique of weaving is about 2,000 frame) and Cartwright (powerloom).
years old. The handlooms (weaving of cloth Besides, a long research and development
using hands) was devised about 2,000 years has resulted in the emergence of new and
ago and was brought to England by the improve cloth.
Romans.
Clothing fibers come from many sources:
The process consisted of interlacing one set
of threads of yarn (the warp) with another Silk from silkworm
(the we ). The warp threads are stretched
Co on from the co on bulb
lengthwise in the weaving loom. The cross
threads, are woven into the warp to make Flax from plants
the cloth. Bamboo from plants
Hemp from plants
Wool from sheep and goats
Cloth a er ge ng cut and s tched
becomes clothes. Do not confuse in cloth
Handloom and clothes.
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