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  • Created on: 20-05-17 15:41

Natural Fibres

  • Cotton come from the fine hairs on the seeds in a ripe seed pod of a cotton plant.
  • Linen comes from the fibrous stem of a flax plant.
  • Vegetable fibres such as Kapok, hairs that come from the kapok fruit, and Hemp, fibres that come from the hemp plant.
  • Wool comes from the hair of a sheep.
  • Silk comes from a fibre from the cacoon of a silkworm.
  • Other animal hairs such as Cashmere come from a goats fine undercoat, Camel hair comes from camels not shorn, Mohair is from the angora goat and Angora hair is from the angora rabit. 
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