Grades 2-6 Students
Textile Study Topics

TOPIC - DIFfERENCE BETWEEN KNITTING AND WEAVING

• Show a video of both types of construction
• Show an illustration or draw the loop pattern in a knitted fabric.
• Show an illustration or draw the interlacing pattern in a woven fabric.
• Pass around fabric swatches of individual garments of both types of construction.
• Discuss the properties of each regarding feel, stretch, drape, ect.
• Have the students determine whether their shirt or dress is a knit or woven fabric.
  

TOPIC - DISCUSS THE PARTS OF VARIOUS APPAREL
(Select examples as appropriate)

• Shirt: body, sleeves, cuffs, collar, neck, seams, hem, pleat, dart, gusset, placket, button
• Dress: bodice, skirt, sleeves, cuff, collar, corset, seams, hem, pleat, stomacher
• Have the students look up and write out the definition of each of these terms from the Textile Dictionary
• Discuss the purpose of seams, hems, pleats, gussets & plackets. Find the location of each on apparel.
• Draw and label the parts of a shirt, dress, pant and/or coat