HOME ECONOMICS J. S. S THREE FIRST TERM

WEEK SIX

THEME: FAMILY LIVING AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT/CLOTHING AND TEXTILE

TEXTILE TYPES AND PROPERTIES  3

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

Students should be able to ;

1. List the different classes of textile
2. Difference between natural and synthetic fibre

CONTENT

Textiles are classified according to their component fibres into silk, wool, linen, cotton, such synthetic fibres as rayon, nylon, and polyesters, and some inorganic fibres, such as cloth of gold, glass fibre, and asbestos cloth. They are also classified as to their structure or weave, according to the manner in which warp and weft cross each other in the loom,  Value or quality in textiles depends on several factors, such as the quality of the raw material used and the character of the yarn spun from the fibres, whether clean, smooth, fine, or coarse and whether hard, soft, or medium twisted. The density of weave and finishing processes.... View More