TEXTILE
These were the REQUIREMENTS before the REVISIONS
which were made on January 1, 2004.
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- Talk over how textiles are important to man.
- Do ONE of the following:
- Visit a textile plant or school. Report on what you
saw. (b) Explain the main steps in making a fiber into cloth.
Name the machines used in each. Tell what each machine does.
(c) Describe four ways of adding colors to textiles.
- Do ONE of the following:
- Get one sample in each of the three major classes of
woven fabrics:
- clothing
- home use
- industrial.
- Get one sample of knit or double-knit fabric. Compare
these to those that were woven.
- Do TWO of the following:
- Show one good way to test fibers for recognition.
- Waterproof a piece of cloth.
- Weave a piece of cloth. Use a simple loom that you have
made yourself.
- Define 10 of the following terms:
fiber,
filament,
yarn,
tufting,
nonwoven,
tricot,
plastic,
Jacquard,
full fashioned,
Greige goods, |
bleaching,
finishing,
mercerization,
screen printing,
roller printing,
durable press,
sanforizing,
preshrunk,
water repellent, and
fire retardant. |
- Get small samples of two of the following natural fibers:
cotton, wool, silk, or linen. Get two of the following classes
of man-made fibers: rayon, nylon, polyester, glass fiber, and
acrylic. Tell how two of these are different. Give the advantages
of each.
- Talk over or make a written report on jobs in five main
branches of the textile industry.
BSA Advancement ID#: 110
Pamphlet Revision Date: 1972
Requirements last revised in 1985
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