Inspired by a Smelly Sweater: Exploring Agricultural Connections of Animal Fibres 

Grades
Secondary
Type
Unit Plan
Subject
Art

The purpose of this unit is to enable students to see fibres as an agricultural product. Trace the path animal fibres take from farm to textile product including shearing the animal, to washing, carding and spinning the fibre into yarn, dying the yarn, and producing a textile item.2006