Your answer depends on what you mean by 'processed'. The silkworm that produces the most commercial silk is completely domesticated, meaning that its life is totally dependent on humans.
Once spun, silkworm cocoons are immersed in hot water, then unraveled. Other steps are taken to 'process' the silk fibres into yarns.
Silk comes from the cocoon spun by the silk work. The cocoon is unwound and the silk is then processed for use by humans.
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.
Silk is obtained from the cocoon of the silkworm, which is the larval stage of the silk moth (Bombyx mori). After the larvae spin their cocoons, they undergo metamorphosis into moths. To harvest silk, the cocoons are typically boiled or steamed to kill the pupa and loosen the silk fibers, which are then carefully unwound and processed into silk thread. This process has been practiced for thousands of years, primarily in countries like China and India.
Sericulture is the practice of rearing silkworms for the production of silk. This process involves feeding the silkworms mulberry leaves until they spin cocoons, which are then harvested and processed to extract the silk fibers. Sericulture is an important industry in many countries around the world.
natural. silk is made by silk wormsSilk is a natural fibre produced by silk worms -- moths, really -- that spin cocoons which, when unraveled upon the death of the worm, become silk strands.
Silk is non living, for it does not reproduce, respire, or metabolize. It was once part of a living thing, the silkworm caterpillar, which spun the fibre of which the caterpillar made its cocoon. From this cocoon the silk strand was unspun to give us the silk thread.
Silk is not do much an invention as a discovery. ?The discovery that the cocoon of the silkworm moth lava could be boiled and unravelled as one continuous thread. This thread is then twinned with others to make a silk yarn which is woven into fabric. The secret of silk was discovered by the ancient Chinese who learned how to domesticate and farm the silk worm moths, feeding them on a type of mulberry leaf.
Silk is produced by silkworms. They are very small and their silk is consequently produced in very small quantities. It takes much time and effort to process it for commercial use. Sheep are plentiful, and large, and their wool can be processed on an industrial scale, making it very much easier and cheaper to prepare for use in textile manufacture.
Think from a rubber tree to tires on your car. From a silk worm to your blouse. From a cow in the field to Baskin-Robbins. This should get you on the right path .
Silk is Silk because it just is!
No, it is entirely natural. It grows around the seeds of cotton plants natural to more tropical regions of the world. Only the products developed from cotton such as shirts and other fabrics are manmade.
The cast of Silk Silk Silk - 1983 includes: Bhanuchander Raghuvaran Silk Smitha