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What are fabrics?
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What are fabrics? All fabrics are created from tiny hair-like fibers. These can be less than an inch in length or long, strands that goes on and on. These fibers are mixed by twisting them together making a yarn. The yarns are woven , knitted or they are ironed onto the fabric. Manufactured Fibers Manufactured fibers are made from raw substances through being processed in factories. They are not fabrics that are made from natural sources. In the year 1910, rayon was the first man-made fabric that was commercially produced in the United States of America. It was created from a fibrous substance that is found in all forms of plant life. The first fiber made that was made completely from chemicals was nylon. Nylon was commercially made in the year 1939. Since then, a wide variety of man-made fibers have been made. Man -made fibers are placed into...
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