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Ancient Chinese silk was made from wild silkworms, either before or after the moth emerged from its cocoon. This was later developed into "sericulture", or artificial worm farms.
The normal procedure for making silk :
- The silkworms are hatched from eggs and fed mix prepared from concentrate until they form a cocoon.
- Once the cocoon is constructed (about4-5weeks), the pupae are usually killed by piercing, boiling, baking, or freezing. The remains are removed during the unwinding process.
- The cocoons are heated in near-boiling water to release the binding agent (seracin) so that the thread can be unreeled in continuous lengths
- The threads are twisted together from four or more cocoons, to form a single strand of yarn.
The killing of the worms is sometimes decried as inhumane, and the famous religious leader Gandhi spoke out against the practice. The philosophy of Ahimsa (doing no harm or violence) is used in the term Ahimsa silk, natural silk made from empty cocoons.
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Why do caterpillars spin silk?
well, catapillars dont really spin silk, silk worms make silk. catapillars make a sort of spider string but only when they cacoon themselfs up.
Why do people keep silk worms?
Silk is not made out of silk worms. Silk is made by silk worms which spin to make a cocoon for themselves.
Why is the silk moth killed?
Silk worms are killed to make silk which is a sought after soft fabric. It takes 15 silk worms to make a single gram of silk thread.
What animal makes silk?
Silkworms. they have to be a moth before they make silk
What is silk used to make?
Silk is used to make clothes, sheets, neckties, etc.
How many silk worms are killed for one silk saree?
for my opinion to make one silk saree maybe 1000 or 50,000 silk worms could be killed to make one silk saree from silk
Advantages of silk?
Silk is used to make dress materials
Did silk make life better or easier for China?
Silk did make life eaiser. Silk made life silk making many accomplished inventions such as paper. Silk also makes clothing. Also, an ancient route in China was named after silk. It was named The Silk Road. That is how silk made life easier.
What do ancient China women made?
they make silk of silk worm cocoons which silk worm are larvae
How does silk making show that even highly developed civilizations can be reliant on the environment?
Only silk worms make silk so even though we can go to the moon and back, we need the silk worm to make silk as they are part of our environment.
Silk worms use silk to make it's cocoon?
YES
What does silk make?
silk is usually stretchy and it makes long dresses.
