Category: fibre characteristics

  • Elder

    Elder

      The photo is of a page from The National Geographic from an issue around the theme of wool.  It is a great comparison of the different fibres – and gives a really excellent look at what a single fibre of the main different types of natural fibres look like. Why is this important?  Well,…

  • Flax vs Cotton

    Flax vs Cotton

      Fabric Science 7th edition page 23 cotton (left) and flax (right) Textile Science 2nd edition page 51 flax A while ago I was reading an article about a new discovery that placed humans working with fibres back even further than we thought previously.   Textiles tend to degrade and discoveries were rare, or were dismissed…

  • Reflections

      This is a photo that appeared in an old issue of National Geographic a while ago.  I thought it was an excellent example of a variety of ‘natural’ fibres, showing how each of them look as a single fibre.  I used it (with credit, of course) in some presentations I used to do because…

  • Reflections

      This is a photo that appeared in an old issue of National Geographic a while ago.  I thought it was an excellent example of a variety of ‘natural’ fibres, showing how each of them look as a single fibre.  I used it (with credit, of course) in some presentations I used to do because…

  • Reflections

      This is a photo that appeared in an old issue of National Geographic a while ago.  I thought it was an excellent example of a variety of ‘natural’ fibres, showing how each of them look as a single fibre.  I used it (with credit, of course) in some presentations I used to do because…

  • Reflections

      This is a photo that appeared in an old issue of National Geographic a while ago.  I thought it was an excellent example of a variety of ‘natural’ fibres, showing how each of them look as a single fibre.  I used it (with credit, of course) in some presentations I used to do because…

  • Reflections

      This is a photo that appeared in an old issue of National Geographic a while ago.  I thought it was an excellent example of a variety of ‘natural’ fibres, showing how each of them look as a single fibre.  I used it (with credit, of course) in some presentations I used to do because…

  • Reflections

      This is a photo that appeared in an old issue of National Geographic a while ago.  I thought it was an excellent example of a variety of ‘natural’ fibres, showing how each of them look as a single fibre.  I used it (with credit, of course) in some presentations I used to do because…

  • Reflections

      This is a photo that appeared in an old issue of National Geographic a while ago.  I thought it was an excellent example of a variety of ‘natural’ fibres, showing how each of them look as a single fibre.  I used it (with credit, of course) in some presentations I used to do because…

  • Reflections

      This is a photo that appeared in an old issue of National Geographic a while ago.  I thought it was an excellent example of a variety of ‘natural’ fibres, showing how each of them look as a single fibre.  I used it (with credit, of course) in some presentations I used to do because…