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Textile

Elective merit badge — requirements, troop progress, and nothing shelved yet (be the first to suggest something).Official BSA page ↗Workbook (PDF) ↗

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Requirements

From the official BSA merit badge pamphlet — wording is paraphrased here. Confirm against the current pamphlet for sign-off.

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1
Discuss the importance of textiles; explain fiber, fabric, and textile with everyday examples
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2a
Get swatches of two natural, two synthetic, and one cellulosic fabric (no blends)
2b
Give origin, characteristics, and content of each fiber; explain cellulosic vs synthetic manufactured fibers
2c
Describe the main steps from raw fiber to yarn and yarn to fabric
2d
For a garment you plan to buy, tell what fiber or blend you want and why
3
(Do any 2 of the following)
3a
Visit a textile plant, manufacturer, or textile school; report what you learned
3b
Weave a belt, headband, place mat, or wall hanging on a loom you made yourself
3c
Examine woven, nonwoven, and knitted fabrics with a magnifier; sketch and explain differences
3d
Make a piece of felt
3e
Make two natural dyes and dye a garment or fabric
3f
Waterproof a fabric
3g
Identify fibers using microscope identification or the breaking test
4
Explain 10 of 20 textile terms (warp, heddle, aramid, sliver, loom, sericulture, spinneret, worsted, greige goods, etc.)
5
List pros and cons of plant, animal, cellulosic, and synthetic fibers; discuss four ecological concerns
6
Explain five textile careers; detail education, training cost, and duties of the two most interesting