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Silk
Silk is produced by silkworms, which are native to Asia and create their cocoons out of a strong elastic material that is collected and processed into silk fabric. This fabric can be used to make clothing, bedding, and other goods.
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What is reeling the silk?
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The process of taking out threads from the cocoon for use as silk is called reeling the silk.
How is silk recyclable?
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Silk is reusable, in that it can be repurposed and remade. However, it is not truly recyclable.
Why did the Chinese invent silk?
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i guess they wanted fine cloth to trade with people in Europe.
They didn't mean to make it. The silk goddess forgot her name but she wasnt goddess at time this made her goddess was drinking tea under a tree, when a silk worm cocoon fell into her tea. It unravled and she told someone to make it into clothes.
Who made the first silk?
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silk is from china.when Arabs shoped to Asian country's they saw that the chinees use silk clothes .
ilearned this in grade 7!!
What are silk worms?
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Silkworms are like to eat leaves from a Mullberry Tree. They also like rotten cheese!!!!!!!
What is good about silk?
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Silk is a natural filament that is spun by the silk worm as a cocoon. They originated in China, and have been exported to other places around the world for the purpose of farming the silk they produce to produce fabric.
Silk cloth has a very fine texture, and creates garments that are much prized for their luxurious feel and look.
The word "silk" has such a good reputation that producers of Soy drinks have named their drink Silk, an anachronism for Soy Milk.
Why silk has a lustrous appearance?
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Natural silk -- the fibre spun by the silkworm to fabricate its cocoon -- is a triangular fibre, shaped like a prism, which reflects and refracts any light.
How do you restore silk fabric?
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Silk is so delicate that restoration is often not possible. If, however, you find a spot on a silk tie, for example, you may be able to restore it with hand laundry. You can read more about laundry of silk, below -- without endorsement.
If, however, the stain is old, or the fabric has been partially eaten away by the stain's consumers, restoration may not be possible.
Does silk come from a silkworm?
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Silkworms produce silk when they grow from worms, into their adult stage: a moth.
In between these stages, the silkworm spins a single thread of silk around itself, which eventually hardens into a cocoon to protect it during this transformation. This silk is excreted from the salivary glands.
The worm is boiled alive during this stage before the silk is removed. If it were allowed to grow and emerge from the cocoon, it would break the cocoon in the process, making it less valuable for silk production (and useless for high quality garment).
The silk itself can also be loosen by soaking water. which will loosen up the "gum". Labors use a brush to push the cocoon up and down until one of the loose end is attack to the brush.
Choose the term that best fits this group of words serigraphas are prits made by a silk screen process?
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Why is the burning smell of synthetic silk and pure silk different?
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After natural burning of natural silk an ash remain and the smell is strong; the burning of artificial silk can be total.
Where could one purchase a silk dressing gown?
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There are many stores that offer ladies' dressing gowns made of silk. Among the top stores includes Nordstrom. Nordstrom is bound to have a silk dress to fit your needs.
How do you make silk?
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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.
Is silk washable?
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Every time I have washed raw silk in water, I have destroyed the luster of the garment. Dry clean only sadly.
Is silk made from a plant or an animal?
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Silk is spun for the cocoon of the silkworm, an insect, before it can turn into a moth. It's vaguely similar to spider web. The silkworm is fed on mulberry leaves.
How is silk made into fabrics?
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Production of Silk from Cocoon to Factory
Sericulture: The production of cocoon for their filament is called sericulture. The species Bombyx mori is usually cultivated and is raised under controlled condition of environment and nutrition. The life cycle of silk worm encircle in the four stages. The egg, the silk worm, the pupa and the moth. The silk worm which feeds on mulberry leaves forms a covering around it by secreting a protein like substance through its head. This stage is called cocoon, the desirable stage for the silk producers.
Filature operations: The cocoons raised by the farmer are delivered to the factory, called a filature, where the silk is unwound from the cocoons and the strands are collected into skeins. Some cocoons are scientifically bred in such factories. The filature operations consist of the following stages.
a) Sorting cocoons :
The cocoons are sorted according to the color, size, shape and texture as these affect the final quality of the silk. Cocoons may range from white and yellow to grayish.
b) Softening the Sericin : Silk filament is a double strand of fibroin, which is held together by a gummy substance called sericin or silk gum. After the cocoon has been sorted, they are put through a series of hot and cold immersions, as the sericin must be softened to permit the unwinding of the filament as one continuous thread.
c) Reeling the filament : Reeling is the process of unwinding the silk filaments from the cocoon and combining them together to make a thread of raw silk. As the filament of the cocoon is too fine for commercial use, three to ten strands are usually reeled at a time to produce the desired diameter of raw silk which is known as "reeled silk". The useable length of reeled filament is 300 to 600 m.
d) Bailing : The silk filament is reeled into skeins, which are packed in a small bundles called books, weighting 2 to 4.5 kg. These books are put into bales weighing about 60 kg. In this form raw silk is shipped to silk mills all over the world.
