Fabrics+and+Fibres

Fabric and Fibres

What are fibres? How do people make fabric? What is the difference between natural and synthetic fibres? Why do people use different fabrics to make different products?

Find out the answers to these questions and much more looking at the following information and following the links on our class page.

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 * [|Fibre Science] || [|Korowai (Traditional Cloak)] ||
 * [|Harakeke (Flax)] || [|Kaitiakitanga- Looking after resources] ||
 * [|Fibre to Fabric] ||  ||
 * [[image:Fibres_from_COCOnut.jpg caption="Coconut fibres"]][[image:cottonball.jpg caption="Cottonball"]]
 * [[image:weaving.jpg caption="Traditional Weaving of Harakeke"]] || [[image:wool.jpg caption="Fleece"]]
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