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Silk comes from the cocoon spun by the silk work. The cocoon is unwound and the silk is then processed for use by humans.
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Where do silk strands come from?
The silk strands come from the cocoon.
Does silk come from a plant or a worm?
There isn't technically a silk plant. Silk worms make silk. They spin a cocoon and silk comes from the fibers in the cocoon. Linen is made from the fibers of the flax plant.
What happens to a silkworm after it produces silk and how have traditional silk farming methods led to the deaths of millions of silkworms?
The silkworm in a cocoon is thrown into boiling water to kill the silkworm. The silk is then untangled and processed into a stronger silk thread. If the silkworm is allowed to mature in the cocoon, it will make a hole (damaging the silk) as it emerges from the cocoon.
Where does cotton come from where does linen come from where does silk come from where does wool come from?
Linen is made from the fibres of the flax plant. Wool is from the fleece of an animal such as the sheep or alpaca. Silk is a thread unwound from a cocoon of a silkworm. Cotton is a thread made from the cotton plant.
What happens to silkworms cocoon at a silk factory?
It's boiled and then unwound into a long thread.
How can the silkworm come out of the silk?
A silkworm comes out of the silk cocoon as a moth, if its life is allowed to complete a full cycle.
How fibers are obtained?
Silk fibers are obtained from the cocoon of silk larvae, larvae of the silk moth, which are spun from the cocoon into one, long thread.
What is filament silk?
it is the thead extracted from the cocoon and the removing of silk from the cocoon is called sericulture which is not a eco-friendly process
Do silkworms produce silk?
yes they produce this cocoon and when they come out of it you can pick it and turn into silk. the Queen's wedding dress was made with English silk from an English silkworm factory.
How do you harvest silk?
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.
How is silk produced?
it is produced by using the liquid in a silk worms mouth.
How you get silk from butterfly?
Silkworms, which emerge from their cocoons as moths, spin cocoons that are the raw material for the fibre humans use as silk. Cocoons are harvested from domesticated silkworms by heating the cocoon to kill the animal, then the silk cocoon is unraveled. Once the moth has emerged -- in wild silkworms for example, the cocoon's silk can be harvested, but not in one continuous length. As a moth, there is no connection with the now-discarded cocoon.
