Thursday, February 4, 2016

Silk factory

It was fascinating to see the whole process of silk production. Each worn makes a cocoon with about 400m of silk which is then processed with a few simple machines to make lovely silk products.

A board full of eggs at the top. Silk worms eating on the left. Chrysalises of silk on the right

The young silk worms east mulberry leaves for many days before making their silk chrysalis as a cocoon

In hit water, the silk threads are released and pulled up by spinning wheels

The end products

E even got to eat some of the cooked adult silk worms; big grubs essentially!

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