The Silk Farm

On Saturday, I went to the Silk Farm. At the Silk Farm, they show you the process of getting silk. They start with the mulberry bushes, then show you the eggs that are lain and the worms they grow in to. Then, they become yellow and start making their cacoon. The cacoon is where the silk comes from. They have to kill the silk worm before it becomes a moth and breaks the cacoon, making the remaining strands of silk useless. To do so, they put the cacoons in the sun or steam them. The outer shell is fine silk, and the inner shell in raw silk. They put the cacoons and water and spin the thread from them. Then, they dye it. It was quite interesting to see the process!