22. Exemplar XIX

 

 

I. Shearing - The removal of hairremoval of silkremoval of fiberremoval of wool or fleece from a sheep or other wool yielding animal is called shearing. It can be done manually with a giant razor or a shearing machine.

ii. Scouring - The sheared hair is moved through tubs filled with soapy water to remove dustremove wasteremove sandremove dirt, dirt and grease. This is known as scouring.

iii. Sorting - Sorting separates the fleecefibrewoolhair of various textures.

iv. Removing burr - Burrs are hard fleecesoft fleecesoft fluffyhard fluffy fibres in wool. These are removed manually.

v. Carding - During the process of carding, the clean selected wool fibres are moved to rollers that have thin wired teeth. The teeth untangle the fibres and arrange them into a flat sheet called a clothwebpupafleece.

vi. Dyeing - The natural hair of camelgoathorsesheep is white, brown or black. It is dyed in various colours.

vii. Spinning - The fibres are straightenedfoldedflexibledurabile, combed and rolled into yam. The process of making yakclothyarn silk from fibres is called spinning.