approximately 12.32 pounds
they produce silk threads (what is the question?)
The process of taking out threads from the cocoon for use as silk is called reeling the silk.
Silk is obtained from silkworms through a process called sericulture. The most commonly used silkworm is the Bombyx mori, which spins a cocoon made of silk threads during its pupal stage. To harvest the silk, the cocoons are collected and boiled or steamed to kill the pupa and soften the silk fibers, allowing them to be unwound into long threads. These threads are then spun and woven into silk fabric.
reeling
No, silk production involves carefully unraveling the silk threads from the cocoons of silkworms without harming the worms.
650kg.The New Kiswa is made of approximately 670 kilograms of pure white silk and 150 kg of gold and silver. Total weight aprox.820 kg. ( 1804 Lbs)
Silkworms, a type of caterpillar, are the source of silk threads. Silkworms make a cocoon about an inch long in an oval shape. Silkworms only eat the leaves of white mulberry trees.
Ripper Street - 2012 Threads of Silk and Gold 2-5 is rated/received certificates of: Netherlands:12
The weight of silk can vary depending on factors such as the type of silk (such as mulberry silk or wild silk) and the thickness of the fabric. On average, silk fabric typically weighs around 1.06 ounces per square yard (36 grams per square meter).
Silk clothes are made from the fibers produced by silkworms. The process involves raising silkworms, harvesting their cocoons, unraveling the silk fibers, spinning them into threads, and weaving the threads into fabric. The fabric is then dyed, cut, and sewn into clothing.
its made of thick silk threads.
Silkworms make silk, of course! A great book about silkworms is "Project Mulberry"...