Textile Quiz

1. A Welsh country town gave its name to a warm long sleeved woollen garment. Name it.

Ans: Cardigan

2. Smocking is a popular form of decoration on clothes. What is the name of the stitch in which smocking is worked ?

Ans: Honeycomb Stitch

3. Which item of clothing did James Belcher give his name to in the nineteenth century.

Ans: Scarf

4. What name is given to the thin veil worn by Muslin women in public ?

Ans: Yashmak

5. What was the name of the very narrow skirt introduced in 1910 which made it difficult for the wearer to walk?

Ans: Hobble Skirt


6. An anorak is a long hooded jacket of skin or cloth. From what language does the word "anorak" come ?

Ans: Eskimo

7. Who would wear an Orphrey, Morse and Cope and carry a cozier ?

Ans: Bishop

8. What is the name of the kind of pouch which Scotsmen wear in front of their kilts.

Ans: Sporran

9. What is the name of a loose tunic worn in Arabia, Persia and Malaysia.

Ans: Kabaya

10. What were known as Oxford Bags ?

Ans: Extremely wide bottomed trousers

11. On which part of the body is a wimple worn and who would normally be seen wearing it ?

Ans: On the head, a nun

12. One of the British Channel islands gave its name to to a knitted woollen garment. Name it.

Ans: Jersey