at the assembly line

cocoons are softened by boiling in hot water and then spun into a thread..it's a labour intensive job..each cocoon can give up to 1.6km of thread in spring and 800m in summer

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at the silkworm factory

November 2nd 2005
we stumbled across this factory and found it to be pretty educational..some pix on the process of making the silk blankets...which is supposed to be cool in summer and warm in winter... http://www.1st-silk.com/index.htm hey i'm not advertising for them..but thot it is good to share with u😊 ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Suzhou

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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