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What is a yarn? How is it made? Give examples of devices that are used for making yarn. [3 marks]

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A yarn is a long thread of interlocked fibres. [1 mark]
The fibres are first drawn out from their source and then twisted into yarns by the process called spinning. [1 mark]
The devices used for spinning are hand spindle (takli) and charkha. [1 mark]

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