Cocoon, Silkworm
The casing formed by the caterpillars of silkworms before metamorphosis into a pupa; the raw material for obtaining natural silk. The cocoons of the mulberry silkworm have the greatest commercial value, but cocoons of the Chinese oak silkworm, the ailanthus silkworm, and other silkworms are also used.
Silk is collected from the cocoon of the silk worm by dipping the cocoon in hot water. The silk directly collected from the cocoon containing sericin, a protein secretion from the silk worm, which gets removed after processing with soap to produce pure silk. Therefore, silk containing sericin is called the raw silk.
Silk is collected from the cocoon of the silk worm by dipping the cocoon in hot water. The silk directly collected from the cocoon containing sericin, a protein secretion from the silk worm, which gets removed after processing with soap to produce pure silk. Therefore, silk containing sericin is called the raw silk.
Silk is collected from the cocoon of the silk worm by dipping the cocoon in hot water. The silk directly collected from the cocoon containing sericin, a protein secretion from the silk worm, which gets removed after processing with soap to produce pure silk. Therefore, silk containing sericin is called the raw silk.
Matka cloth was a kind of coarse silk from the Indian subcontinent. It was mainly produced with pierced cocoons. A pierced cocoon is one from which the moth of the silkworm has emerged and damaged the cocoon. The silk from these cocoons is spun, not reeled. The fabric made from these yarns is known as "Matka cloth."
