Commercial silk is typically harvested from the silk moth. Yup, that's about it. In ancient China silk was harvested from the tiny cocoons of the silk moth by dropping them into a pot of boiling water.
Silk is not harvested from any plants. It is made from the silk worm cocoon.
First they wait until the silk worm has spun a cocoon and then they put the cocoon into boiling water, killing the silk worm. They then unwind the cocoon and they have silk.
Go to a website called:indianapublicmedia.org/.../secrets-of-silk-production/
No the Silk Road was not smooth. The Silk road was actually a road that was used for trading. The main item traded along the Silk Road was silk that is why it is called the silk road.
Silk dresses and silk pants/shirts...
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The merchants traded silk on the silk road
No, it was actually silk.
Silk worm is an animal that spins its cocoon. Humans harvest the cocoons and unravel the worm's work: this is silk, the fibre.
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Yes! A silk worm is a living thing and has to eat!
There is no boiled silk or yarn
Silk is usually produced by silkworms, which are living creatures. I have no idea how it can possibly be cruel, except that after the worms spin the silk, the people harvest it removing the silkworm habitat.
Per se, there are no differences in the raw fibre -- though more modern technologies may shorten the time it takes to work with the cocoons, and increase the number of cocoons available to harvest.
Flax yarn is different then "wool yarn" and "silk yarn" and requires you to sow them into the dirt in the season it instructs you. When you harvest the seed, you put it in the yarn maker like you would do with silk and wool. Voila! Flax yarn. You can also change its color with a dyer, both of which you buy at Simon's general store beside the clinic.
It must be kept in mind that about 1 per cent of total harvest of cocoons is not boiled. The insects within the cocoon are allowed to mature to form silk moths. These silk moths cut through the cocoons and are allowed to breed for silk worm eggs for future production of silk. The silk from the damaged cocoons is collected and mixed with the filaments of coarse outer portion of the cocoon as well as from the inner portions of cocoons which is left after reeling. This mixture is then spun to obtain low grade silk yarn..by DEEPANKAR MECH
It must be kept in mind that about 1 per cent of total harvest of cocoons is not boiled. The insects within the cocoon are allowed to mature to form silk moths. These silk moths cut through the cocoons and are allowed to breed for silk worm eggs for future production of silk. The silk from the damaged cocoons is collected and mixed with the filaments of coarse outer portion of the cocoon as well as from the inner portions of cocoons which is left after reeling. This mixture is then spun to obtain low grade silk yarn..by DEEPANKAR MECH
Yes they do because if they break out of the cocoon the silk fibers cant be used any more. that's why they kill them inside the cocoon. Silkworms are killed by putting them all in boiling water or sometimes starving them to death. Some silkworms are saved to breed with for next time.
Silk is Silk because it just is!
HOW IS THAT EVEN A QUESTION? but that's good to know...