Matthews, Mary Lockwood, b. 1882 · Boston, Little, Brown, and company · leaf 82
needed, silk-worms are grown in nurseries which are speciallybuilt for this purpose. Some silk is made fromthe fiber obtained from the cocoon of the wild silk-worm and is called wild silk. SEWING AND TEXTILES Gl During the fifteen to twenty days after the silk-worm has made its cocoon, it changes… … •Silk Cocoons are heated so hot that the moths are killed. Acertain number are allowed to come out, however,so that they can lay the eggs to produce a new lot ofsilkworms. After this heating process the silk is ready forreeling. This is the process of winding the fiberfrom the cocoon. The cocoons…
Sewing · Textile industry and fabrics
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