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Science, Technology, and Society

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 87.06.05

Unit Guide

A Stitch in Time

Pamela M. Fowler

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Man began weaving as early as the Stone Age. He learned to make rough clothing from the filters of the flax plant. By the time of the Ancient Egyptians, making linen was a fine art. The discovery of how to unwind the thread of the silkworm cocoons and weave them into cloth was made around 2000 B.C. by the Chinese. About the same time the people of India found out how to make cloth from the fibers of the cotton plants.
It wasn’t until the middle Ages and Renaissance Period that people began to weave cloth and clothing for their families in their homes on handlooms they made.

Although Indian rugs and blankets are still woven by hand, today most woven cloth is done by automatic looms run by man.

How cloth is woven into fabric is still pretty much a mystery to may students. If one is not an avid seamstress the question remains dormant in the brain. Through “A Stitch in Time” I intend to challenge my students intellectually and creatively.

Continuing from a previously written unit “A Stitch in Time” entails the explanation of the various tools to change thread into cloth. This unit is divided into five phases.

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