- Books Name
- Class 6 Science Book
- Publication
- PathSet Publications
- Course
- CBSE Class 6
- Subject
- Science
Spinning Cotton Yarn
- Spinning: Spinning is the process of constructing yarn from fibres in which fibres from a huge heap of cotton wool are taken out and twisted which brings them together to form a yarn.
- There are two major devices called Takli which is a hand spindle and Charkha which is also a hand-operated device, are used for spinning.
- Charkha: Charkha is a machine on which yarn was spun directly from ginned cotton in olden days.
- The spinning of yarn on a bigger scale is done using spinning machines following which these yarns are used to weave fabric.
- Khadi was the term used to denote clothes which were made from homespun yarn.
- On the left we can see a charkha and on the right we can see a simple takli.