Silk is amazing stuff, even more so when someone explains and demonstrates exactly how this beautiful fabric is produced
Our guide who told us about the life cycle stages of silk worms
How you can tell if a cocoon is a single worm, or double - all in the shake
Only single worm cocoons can be used for single thread silk ... and each cocoon produces thousands of metres of thread
A double worm cocoon ... the worms are picked out and the netted mesh of silk thread is immersed in fairly hot water and then the 'netting' is stretched over larger and larger frames until it is dry
The stretching frames
These four women take the individual pieces off the largest if the small frames and stretch the mesh out to quilt size fine gauze sheets
This quilt has 90 layers of silk mesh - perfect for a summer quilt
And then there is the decorative silk work...gorgeous and such bright jewel tones
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