A number of these filaments, 12 to 20, are gathered together and twisted into a yarn in the same way that cocoon silk threads are spun or thrown together. The artificial silk threads, while still ...

They soak the cocoons for up to seven hours to soften the threads before pulling them. This machine reels the silk. Workers then hang the threads to dry. Next, the threads are machine-woven.

Phan Thi Thuan's family have been making silk for generations, growing and harvesting the threads from silkworms themselves to create luxury garments. But making lotus silk is different.

This happy accident inspired her to acquire these threads in abundance and fashion them into an elegant fabric. While silk maintained its high-society status over the next thousands of years, the ...

After 45 days of incubation, they are ready to spin a cocoon around them made of Silk threads. The cocoons are then boiled and spun into Silk threads. Phew!! Long and expensive procedure.

At the time, raw silk became the country's largest export, as the silk industries in France and Italy had been hit by an epidemic of silkworm disease. At one point, Japan was the world's biggest ...