How Is Silk Cloth Made?
Silk Cloth Starts With A Worm’s Cocoon Silk is a natural fiber that starts with the threads that a silkworm uses to enclose himself in a cocoon where he will go through metamorphosis to emerge as a moth. It is a strong, stretchy fiber that makes a durable, beautiful, cloth which can be dyed any color you want. Most silkworms live on silk farms in Brazil, India, South Korea and Thailand. The silkworms hatch from their eggs and spend about five weeks feeding on mulberry leaves until they are ready to make a cocoon. Most of the developing cocoons are heated to kill the pupa so that the silk threads won’t break apart. However, the farmers allow enough pupa to become moths to ensure that there will be enough silkworm eggs to produce as much thread as they will need for the next season. Making Silk Thread Silkworms cover the threads with a glue-like substance called sericin to make their cocoons waterproof and hardened. So, before the silk farmers can harvest the silk, they have to remove th
