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Cotton
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No. Viscose is a man-made fibre, made from regenerated wool cellulose.
Wool is fabricated from animal fleece.
Why is hot and humid climate ideal for spinning yarn?
Because the thread does not breaks due to presence of moisture.
Commonly $4 per yard to $12 per yard. Some higher quality cotton fabrics will cost more than that.
Why did southerners refer to their cotton crops as king cotton?
Cotton accounted for a growing proportion of U.S. exports-more than half in 1960.
Where to find white cotton nightgown?
Cotton nightgowns can be purchased from many different stores and retailers. Some examples that sell cotton nightgowns include HerRoom and Lord & Taylor.
What advantage did sea island cotton have over upland cotton?
Sea island has the longest fiber and easiest to clean (seeds came out easier). Upland cotton had pesky seed in them and was hard to clean.
How much cotton to make yarn and what is the cotton to yarn ratio?
Yarn can be spun from 100% cotton, or may be added to other yarns in whatever ratio is useful for the use of the yarn.
The cotton gin picked out seeds by combing through the cotton and leaving the seeds in one pile at the end, and having a pile of unseeded cotton in a compartment above.
Cotton cloth us generally translucent, unless the weave is twill or denim, and unless the cotton yarn/thread is thick.
Why did the price of cotton drop after 1865?
The price of cotton was kept so high in the years before 1860 because it was a very desired items. Owners knew this, so they would price it very high, and the people who really wanted it, would pay.
One grade of paper is known as cotton card; there is a game named cotton card; cotton fibre is aligned using a cotton carder.
Cotton cultivation in the Old World can be traced back to the Indus valley (in Pakistan ) more then 6,000 years ago. and evidence of its use in the Americas dates back more then 7,000 years with cotton textile traces found in Mexican caves..
Cotton is grown in sub-tropical climates all over the earth.
In the 1830s where was cotton manufacturer in the world?
The cotton manufacturing center of the world in the 1830s was the United States. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 and the fertile soil helped to make the United States the biggest producer of cotton in the 1800s.
Cotton grows on a plant.
answ2. Cotton is a plant with the seed head enclosed in a white fluffy cover. It is this fluffy material that is harvested, cleaned of seeds and rubbish, and eventually spun into a thread. In the same way as is done for wool etc.
Cotton is a natural fibre.
What happens to cotton after it arrives at the cotton mills?
to a cotton gin then all across the world.
