length, often kilometres long. Synthetic fibres are more durable than most natural fibres and will readily pick-up different dyes. Artificial fibres can be processed as long fibres or batched and cut so they can be processed like natural fibre.

Natural fibres

Sheep, goats, rabbits, silkworms, and other animals, as well as minerals like asbestos, are sources of natural fibres (cotton, flax, sisal). These vegetable fibres can originate from the seed (cotton), the stem (bast fibres: flax, hemp, jute), or the leaf (sisal). All of

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