The document summarizes the lifecycle of silkworms and the process of manufacturing silk cloth. It describes that silkworm eggs hatch into larvae that eat mulberry leaves for 10 days before spinning cocoons over 3-6 days, and then emerging as moths 16 days later. The process of making silk cloth involves boiling cocoons to extract silk threads, unwinding and twisting multiple threads, dyeing the threads, and weaving the dyed threads into cloth.
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The document summarizes the lifecycle of silkworms and the process of manufacturing silk cloth. It describes that silkworm eggs hatch into larvae that eat mulberry leaves for 10 days before spinning cocoons over 3-6 days, and then emerging as moths 16 days later. The process of making silk cloth involves boiling cocoons to extract silk threads, unwinding and twisting multiple threads, dyeing the threads, and weaving the dyed threads into cloth.
The document summarizes the lifecycle of silkworms and the process of manufacturing silk cloth. It describes that silkworm eggs hatch into larvae that eat mulberry leaves for 10 days before spinning cocoons over 3-6 days, and then emerging as moths 16 days later. The process of making silk cloth involves boiling cocoons to extract silk threads, unwinding and twisting multiple threads, dyeing the threads, and weaving the dyed threads into cloth.
The document summarizes the lifecycle of silkworms and the process of manufacturing silk cloth. It describes that silkworm eggs hatch into larvae that eat mulberry leaves for 10 days before spinning cocoons over 3-6 days, and then emerging as moths 16 days later. The process of making silk cloth involves boiling cocoons to extract silk threads, unwinding and twisting multiple threads, dyeing the threads, and weaving the dyed threads into cloth.
The process chart illustrates the life cycle of silkworms and the
manufacturing of silk cloth from it. It is quite evident that the
silkworms have a maturing period of 16 days which becomes the raw material for the production of silk cloth. It can be clearly observed from the chart that, the lifecycle of the Silkworm embarks from eggs. In the initial 10 days, the eggs transform into the Silkworm larva on the mulberry leaf. After that, the larva starts to evolve into silk thread in the further 4-6 weeks. In the third stage, the larva becomes a cocoon in the timespan of 3-6 days. Lastly, the whole lifecycle results in moth after 16 days of becoming a cocoon. The production of silk cloth starts with selection of appropriate raw material where it is boiled in a container. Secondly, the cocoon are unwinded into silk threads which are approximately 300-900 meter in length. Furthermore, multiple silk threads are twisted and dyed in a bucket. Lastly, the process ends with making weave from the colored threads.
Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools: Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades