Q1.
What can you find in your classroom that is woven? If we weave with threads instead of paper strips, it becomes cloth.
Answer
Many things in the classroom are woven — and the biggest one is what everybody is wearing. Every uniform in the room is woven cloth.
| Woven thing in the classroom | How you can tell it is woven |
|---|---|
| Our uniforms — shirt, kurta, salwar, dupatta, socks | Look closely at the edge and you see tiny threads crossing |
| The school bag and its straps | The strap is a woven band, and you can see the criss-cross |
| The chatai or durrie we sit on | Wide strips of grass or thick cotton threads going across |
| The duster or cleaning cloth | Threads crossing, and loose threads at the torn edge |
| The cane or plastic seat of a chair | Strips passing over and under in a clear pattern |
| The curtain and the window blind | Threads or thin strips woven side by side |
| The jute bag or gunny sack in the corner | Thick jute threads, easy to see with the naked eye |
| The rope of the school bell, the flag of India | Rope is twisted and woven; the flag is woven cloth |
The idea in one line: Cloth is nothing but weaving done with threads instead of paper strips. The threads are so thin that from far away the cloth looks like one smooth sheet. Go close, and the same over-under pattern is there — the pattern the baya bird uses, the pattern you used in Activity 1.
Look, do not guess: Some things in the room are not woven — a plastic sheet, a rubber mat, a paper chart. If you cannot see any threads crossing, even up close, it is probably not woven. That is a fair test.