The
pictures illuminate what the whole life of silkworm looks like and how our silk
cloth is produced in graphic detail.
Initially,
of course, there is a moth spawn on a special kind of leaf named mulberry,
which, ten days later, will be the food for newly bred silkworm larva. While
they are growing, gradually an oval-shaped silk thread is produced. 4-6 weeks
later, when the thread is almost complete expect for a hole at the end of the
oval, larva make their way into it through the hole, which is plugged after 3-8
days. It is at this time that we obtain a critical substance called cocoon, out
of which, half a month later, a month is born, also which, more significantly,
is our starting phase of creating silk-made cloth.
Before
we do the tailor work, a screening process for cocoons, our raw material, is
necessitated. Then we boil the selected cocoons in water, and unwind it to a
300-900 meter thread. Using those threads, we twist three of them into one
string, which could be dyed right now or in the next stage, the weaving.
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