fibers

Question 1

what is the first evidence of weaving?

Answer 1

27000 years ago.

Question 2

what are plant fibers made of/?

Answer 2

cellulose, elastic, absorbent.

Question 3

classifications of fiber

Answer 3

thread making,
plaiting
filling
brush fibers
felting
paper making

Question 4

bast fibers or soft fibers

Answer 4

from phloem of dicots

Question 5

leaf fibers or hard fibers

Answer 5

from monocot leaves such as panama hat palm, pineapple saw palmetto sisal

Question 6

seed or fruit fibers

Answer 6

cotton kapok, milk weed, coir

Question 7

gossypium spp.

Answer 7

cotton seed fiber,
malvaceae,
hirsutum sp. is 95% of cotton world crop.

Question 8

corchorus capsularis

Answer 8

jute,

malvaceae, 2nd ranked plant fiber, sackcloth of bible.

Question 9

linum usitatissimum

Answer 9

linseed oil fertile crescent,

linaceae,

Question 10

hemp

Answer 10

cannabis sativum, central asia, cannabaceae,

Question 11

boehmeria nivea

Answer 11

ramie, china, bast fiber,

urticaceae, very strong, toyota prius incorp, bioplastics made from ramie.

Question 12

agave sisalana

Answer 12

sisal, chiapas, mexico,
asparagaceae,
saks, mats, tea bags, twine.

Question 13

musa textilis

Answer 13

abaca, phillipines,

musaceae, leaf fiber

Question 14

carludovica palmata

Answer 14

panama hat palm, neotropics,
cyclanthaceae,
hats made in ecuador.