Questions: Clothing and Fibers Blends Cotton Fire Retardant Knitted Linen Man Made Natural Nylon Permanent Pres: Polyester Rayon Silk Stamped Water Repelle Wool Woven Use the clues to fill in the puzzle with the correct word. There are NO SPACES between words in an answer. Across 2. A natural fiber that is versatile, comfortable and inexpensive. 5. A natural fiber that comes from a worm; it is comfortable and resists wrinkling. 8. This is when the yarn is woven at right angles to form a fabric. 9. A synthetic fiber that is elastic and wrinkle resistant, but pills easily. 10. This fabric finish will not wrinkle. 11. This is when the fabric has the pattern applied after it has been woven. 13. A natural fiber that is warm, and keeps it's shape well, but moths love to eat it! 14. This is another name for a synthetic fiber. 16. This is what you call a fiber that is made of more than one type of fiber. 17. This is what you call fibers that we get from nature. 18. This fabric finish causes a fabric to resist water. Down 1. A Synthetic fiber that is wrinkle resistant, but doesn't breathe. 3. This fabric finish will extinguish itself if it catches on fire. 4. A synthetic fiber that resembles silk, but easily gets static electricity. 6. This is when the yarns are interlaced or looped to form a fabric. 7. A synthetic fiber that resembles wool and is warm, but pills easily. 12. A synthetic fiber that resembles cotton, linen and silk. 15. A natural fiber that is comfortable, and absorbent, but wrinkles easily.

Solution Steps

We can start by filling in the answers that are directly given in the clues.

• 2 Across: COTTON (A natural fiber that is versatile, comfortable and inexpensive)
• 5 Across: SILK (A natural fiber that comes from a worm; it is comfortable and resists wrinkling.)
• 8 Across: WOVEN (This is when the yarn is woven at right angles to form a fabric.)
• 10 Across: PERMANENTPRESS (This fabric finish will not wrinkle.)
• 11 Across: STAMPED (This is when the fabric has the pattern applied after it has been woven.)
• 17 Across: NATURAL (This is what you call fibers that we get from nature.)
• 1 Across: POLYESTER (A Synthetic fiber that is wrinkle resistant, but doesn't breathe.)
• 6 Down: KNITTED (This is when the yarns are interlaced or looped to form a fabric.)

Now that we have some letters filled in, we can deduce other words based on the crossing letters.

• 9 Across: NYLON (A synthetic fiber that is elastic and wrinkle resistant, but pills easily.) The 'N' from PERMANENTPRESS confirms this.
• 14 Across: MANMADE (This is another name for a synthetic fiber.) The 'M' from STAMPED and 'AN' from NATURAL confirms this.
• 18 Across: WATERRESISTANT (This fabric finish causes a fabric to resist water.) The 'R' from PERMANENTPRESS confirms this.
• 3 Down: FLAMERETARDANT (This fabric finish will extinguish itself if it catches on fire.) The 'L' from SILK and 'R' from WATERRESISTANT confirms this.
• 4 Down: RAYON (A synthetic fiber that resembles silk, but easily gets static electricity.) The 'R' from PERMANENTPRESS, 'A' from NATURAL and 'O' from COTTON confirms this.
• 7 Down: ACRYLIC (A synthetic fiber that resembles wool and is warm, but pills easily.) The 'C' from COTTON, 'R' from WATERRESISTANT, 'Y' from NYLON, 'I' from SILK, and 'C' from MANMADE confirms this.
• 12 Down: NYLON (A synthetic fiber that resembles cotton, linen and silk.) The 'N' from MANMADE and 'Y' from RAYON confirms this. This duplicates 9 Across which is fine.
• 13 Across: WOOL (A natural fiber that is warm, and keeps it's shape well, but moths love to eat it!) The 'W' from WOVEN, 'O' from NYLON, and 'L' from FLAMERETARDANT confirms this.
• 15 Down: LINEN (A natural fiber that is comfortable, and absorbent, but wrinkles easily.) The 'L' from WOOL and 'I' from KNITTED confirm this.
• 16 Across: BLENDED (This is what you call a fiber that is made of more than one type of fiber.) The 'B' from WATERRESISTANT, 'L' from LINEN, 'E' from ACRYLIC and 'D' from STAMPED confirms this.

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