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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
A short fibre that can be spun with other fibres to form a continuous yarn.
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Revise: Textile Fibres, Yarns and Material PropertiesStaple fibres are short lengths. Cotton, flax and wool are examples. Spinning twists many short fibres together into a continuous strand: the fibres overlap and hold together rather than each running the entire length of the yarn.
Silk is the exception to the usual rule that natural fibres are staple fibres. Manufactured fibres can be supplied as continuous filaments or cut into staple lengths.
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