Woman called Reel girls unwind the silk, after the silkworm has made its cocoon. After that they heat up the cocoon to kill the pupae inside, this must be done at the right time if not the pupae will turn into a moth an tear the cocoon in half. After it's teared you can't get much from that anyway. To unwind the cocoons first put them ina basin filled with hot water, find the lose end of the cocoon and twist them. Carry them to a small wheel there they are unwound. Two people measure the length of os the silk. They then twist them caing it raw silk, thay anr then dyed and woven into cloth. One interesting thing about silk is thatyou can get about 1,000 meters from one coccon. To make a mens tie it would take 111 coccons to complete it, while 630 coccons are used to make a womans blouse.
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This is very interesting. I love learning about something that I don't know much about.
You might want to read this out loud to find a few of the spelling errors that you have.
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