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Textile Knowledge

Circle of clothing from earth to earth

STEP 1.
RAW MATERIAL FOR TEXTILE MATERIALS

four squares stacked in a quadrat. Green background with cotton plant on upper left, blue background with green pine tree epper right. The bottom two squares have a blue square with a white lamb on left side and a black drop of oil with violet background on the right square.

Many different textile materials are involved when making our clothes. For example, cotton, linen, wool, viscose, and polyester often consist of mixtures of two or more textile fibres. Textile fibre

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Natural Fibre

Natural fibres are fibres that come directly from nature and can be spun into yarn and made into textiles without first having to be broken down or chemically processed. Humans have used them for thousands of years, and they remain …

Learn about Textiles, part 1 – from Raw Materials to Textile Materials

2 April, 2019 by asas

Welcome to our textile series! Throughout eight steps, we’ll provide you with comprehensive knowledge about textiles, starting from the source of raw materials and leading up to the processes involved in clothing recycling. Additionally, we’ll delve into the various challenges …

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