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Silk Specifics
100

A greasy substance that is secreted from glands just under a sheep's skin.

What is Lanolin

100

Most Common Animal Humans Collect Fiber From

What is Sheep

100

The Mortal Enemies of Cellulose Fibers

What is Mold and Mildew

100

Acrylic is Sensitive to...

What Is Heat

100

In What Country is Silk Production Believed to Have Begun

What is China

200

Texture Variation of Fiber

What is Crimp

200

A Bovine Family Animal That will Release Its Coat in the Spring

What is Yak

200

The Machine Used to Separate the Cotton Fibers From the Seeds

What is a Gin

200

In What Wartime Year was Acrylic Fiber Born

When Was 1950

200

The Type of Silk That Tends Towards Dimmer Color Range, from Ivory to Honey Brown

What is Tussah

300

The natural length of Fiber

What is Staple Length

300

A relatively new cross-breed of pygmy and angora goat

What is Pygora

300

The Leaves and Flower Buds of This Plant Are Used Medicinally, While The Stalk is What is Used For "Fiber"

What is Hemp

300

A Generic Term Used for entire group of syntetic fiber forming polyamides

What is Nylon

300

The  Species Name for the Silk Worm the feeds exclusively on Mulberry Leaves

What is Bombyx Mori

400

Equal to .001 of a Millimeter

What is 1 Micron

400

One of the Softest, lightest, and warmest fibers on Earth

What is Qiviut

400

A Fiber That Contains an Antibacterial and Bacteriostasis Bioagent That Stays in the Garment Even After Many Washes

What is Bamboo

400

Material Used for Toothbrushes and Women's Stockings

What is the First 2 Uses of Nylon

400

A Term Used to Describe Silk Production

What is Sericulture

500

The Word That Describes When a Fiber Can Absorb Up to 30% of Its Weight in Moisture While Still Feeling Warm and Dry

What is Hygroscopic

500

A breed of goat raised in Kashmir and other northern Indian provinces

What is Pashmina

500

A Traveler in 1350 Who Described the Cotton Plant as " a wonderful tree which bore tiny lams on the ends of its branches"

Who is John Mandeville

500

Fibers Made as a Result of Chemical Synthesis

What is Synthetic Fibers

500

A Fiber Originally Called Artificial Silk 

What is Rayon