mulberry leaves: the only food of the silkworms
Silkworms:
An economically important insect, being the primary producer of raw silk
The Burn-Test:
Which one is made out of silk?
The shiny, rose shirt on the right or the white moderately shiny shirt on the left?
Silk burns but doesn't melt. So obviously the shiny rose shirt melted during the burn-test and is just a cheap alternative offered in the fake-market.
A worker seperates the double cocoons (used for blankets) and the simple ones.
After cooking the simple cocoons in hot water a worker pulls out the raw filament.
Raw Silk:
Smoooooooooooth, but not smooth enough...
ever thought of silk extensions?
A worker washes the cocoon and seperates it form the worms.
Afterwards she covers a semi-circle with it. This procedure is repeated 8 times since 8 is the Chinese number of luck. The silk on the semi-circle is very tearproof. Even the strongest bodybuilder couldn't chop a whole in it.
Four women pull hundreds of the dry double cocoon silk in a blanket-size. And these are the N°1 silkfactory scarfs:
