Editing Spinning (textiles) (section)

==Types of fibre==
Artificial fibres are made by extruding a polymer through a spinneret into a medium where it hardens. Wet spinning ([[rayon]]) uses a coagulating medium.  In dry spinning ([[acetate]] and triacetate), the polymer is contained in a solvent that evaporates in the heated exit chamber. In melt spinning (nylons and [[polyester]]s) the extruded polymer is cooled in gas or air and sets.<ref>{{Harvnb|Collier |1970|p=33}}</ref> All these fibres will be of great length, often kilometers long.

Natural fibres can be divided into three categories: animals (sheep, goat, [[Angora wool|rabbit]], [[silk]]worm), minerals ([[asbestos]], [[Goldwork (embroidery)|gold]], silver<ref name="The Art of the Loom"/>), or plants (cotton, [[flax]], [[sisal]]). These vegetable fibres can come from the seed (cotton), the stem (known as [[bast fibre]]s: they include [[flax]], [[hemp]], and [[jute]]) or the leaf ([[sisal]]).<ref name="Collier 1970 5">{{Harvnb|Collier |1970|p=5}}</ref> Many processes are needed before a clean even [[Staple (textiles)|staple]] is obtained. With the exception of silk, each of these fibres is short, only centimetres in length, and each has a rough surface that enables it to bond with similar staples.<ref name="Collier 1970 5"/>

Artificial fibres can be processed as long fibres or batched and cut so they can be processed like a natural fibre.