Yarn is Made from Fibres

Q. Yarn is made from fibres

True / False

Answer:- True. Yarn is made from fibres.

A strand of yarn is a combination of filaments and fibres. A yarn is been composed of both kinds of fibres, synthetic as well as natural fibres. The composition is either in staple form or in the form of the filament. A filament is a fibre that is big in length. A filament includes both, natural fibre as well as synthetic fibre.

The various properties of yarn include,

• Yarns are composed of strands. These strands are thin in nature and are also known as fibres

• Spinning – is the name of the procedure that is used in making yarns from fibres

• In the process of making a yarn cotton wool in huge quantity is taken out and twisted. This process of taking out cotton and twisting it helps the fibres in bonding together and thus form a yarn

• A piece of fabric is manufactured by the process of weaving yarn

• Polyester can be termed as a popular example of the fibre that is synthetic in nature

• Drawing of fibre from silk is done from the cocoon of the silkworm