Students often refer to Class 5 EVS Notes and Chapter 8 Clothes How Things are Made Class 5 Notes during last-minute revisions.
Class 5 EVS Chapter 8 Notes Clothes How Things are Made
Class 5 Clothes How Things are Made Notes
→ Nest: A home built by birds using natural materials like twigs, grass or leaves.
→ Web: A net-like structure made by spider to catch small insects.
→ Design: A pattern or decoration made on fabric or other things.
→ Weaving: A method of making fabric by crossing threads over and under each other.
→ Weaverbird: A bird or male baya weaver that weaves beautiful hanging nests using grass, leaves, twigs, etc.
→ Fabric: A material made by weaving or knitting threads together, used to make clothes.
→ Mat: A flat piece woven from strips of paper, grass, or reeds.
→ Basket: A container made by weaving materials like grass, bamboo or jute.
→ Fibre: A fine, hair – like strand used to make thread and fabric.
→ Palm Reeds: Long, thin strips from palm leaves used in weaving.
→ Jute: A rough natural fibre used to make bags, ropes and mats.
→ Magnifying Glass: A glass tool used to make small objects look bigger.
→ Loom: An instrument or tool used to weave threads into fabric by hand.
→ Handloom Fabric: The cloth made by traditional handloom weaving method.
→ Handloom Traditions: Special styles of hand-weaving passed down through generations in India.
→ Kanjeevaram: A rich silk fabric made by handloom weavers in Tamil Nadu.
→ Kala (black) cotton grows without chemicals or extra water. It is hand-spun and woven into strong, eco-friendly fabric by weavers in Gujarat.
→ Handloom weaving supports thousands of families, and uses no electricity, making it eco-friendly and sustainable.
→ The Patola saree from Patan, Gujarat, is very complex. It takes 6 months to 1 year, to weave just one saree.
→ Pashmina: A soft woollen fabric made from mountain goat hair in Kashmir.
→ Ikat: A handloom pattern made by tiedyeing threads before weaving, from Odisha and Gujarat.
→ Textile Mills: Large factories where modern machines are used to make thread and fabric in big quantities.
→ Thread: A thin string made by twisting fibres, used in stitching and weaving.
→ Yarn: A long strand of twisted thread used for knitting or weaving.
→ Spinning: Twisting cotton fibres to make thread or yarn.
→ Charkha: A spinning wheel used to make thread from cotton.
→ Atmanirbhar: A Hindi word meaning self-reliant or self-sufficient.
→ Khadi: Hand→ spun and hand-woven cloth made from natural fibres.
→ Natural Fibre: A thread-like material made from natural sources. For example, bamboo, cotton, linen, wool, and silk.
→ Bamboo: A tall plant whose stem is used to make baskets, furniture and even fabric.
→ Cotton: A soft natural fibre that we get from the cotton plant, used to make thread and cloth.
→ Linen: A natural fibre made from the flax plant, used to make light, cool fabric.
→ Wool: A warm natural fibre that comes from the hair of sheep or goat.
→ Silk: A smooth natural fibre made from the cocoon of a silkworm.
→ Life Cycle of Silk Moth: The different stages a silk moth goes through-from egg, caterpillar, cocoon to silk moth.
→ Silkworm: An insect that produces silk from its cocoon.
→ Caterpillar: It is the young stage of a butterfly or moth.
→ Cocoon: A silky case spun by insects like silkworms before becoming a silk moth.
→ Synthetic Fibres: Man-made fibres made from chemicals. For example, nylon, rayon, terylene and polyester.
→ Tailorbird: A small bird that stitches the edges of leaves together to make its nest using plant fibres or spider silk.
→ Spider Silk: A strong, thin thread made by spiders, sometimes used by birds like tailorbirds.
→ Needle: A small, pointed tool with a hole for thread, used for sewing.
→ Stitching: Joining pieces of fabric together with thread using a needle.
→ Running Stitch: A simple sewing method where the needle moves up and down in a straight line.
→ Embroidery: Decorative stitching on fabric to create patterns or designs.
→ Chikan or Chikankari: A traditional embroidery style from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
→ Banjara: A colourful embroidery style from Rajasthan, made by tribal communities.
→ Kantha: An embroidery technique from West Bengal, Odisha and Tripura that uses old clothes or recycled fabrics.
→ Gota: A shiny ribbon-like embroidery from Rajasthan, used to decorate clothes.
→ Phulkari: A floral embroidery style from Punjab, often made on shawls and dupattas.
→ Toda: A fine black and red embroidery from Tamil Nadu, made by the Toda tribe.
→ Kashmiri: Embroidery from Kashmir with delicate needlework, often in floral patterns.
→ Khneng Embroidery: A special embroidery from Meghalaya, stitched on traditional shawls.
→ Recycle: Using old materials again to make something new and useful.
→ Quilt: A thick cover made by stitching layers of cloth, often from recycled clothes.
→ Exhibition: A public display of work, like crafts, clothes or art.
→ Leaf Cutlery: Spoons, plates, or bowls made by joining broad leaves with twigs or toothpicks.
→ The Indian handloom sector employs over 45 lakh people, especially women and rural artisans, making it one of the largest cottage industries in the world.
→ Indian muslin was so fine that it was known as ‘woven air’ and a whole saree could pass through a ring.
→ India was the first country to cultivate and use cotton to make clothes, revolutionising textiles worldwide.
→ India is the largest producer of jute in the world.
→ Pashmina wool comes from a special goat called the Changthangi, found high in the cold mountains of Ladakh. People hand- spin and weave this wool into very soft shawls.
→ Bandhani is a type of tie- dye where small parts of the cloth are tied and dyed to make dots, circles, and patterns. It is done by hand using just fingers and thread.
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