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Silk Making in Uzbekistan

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Part II on our visit to a traditional silk factory in Margilan, Uzbekistan. This time focusing on the process used.

Silk Making: Silk Worms

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It starts with harvested silkworm cocoons…

Silk Making: Extracting the fiber

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Then soaking the cocoons to soften so the fiber can be extracted…

Silk Making: Spinning Thread

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Then stretching the raw fiber and weaving it into a thread using this machine…

Silk Making: A Skein of Silk

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To produce a skein of raw silk just like this…

Silk Making: Natural Dyes

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Which, in this traditional factory, is dyed using natural dyes made from plants and plant extracts.

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2 thoughts on “Silk Making in Uzbekistan

  1. Sonja

    I always wonder how somebody originally came up with ideas like spinning thread from a cocoon. So labor intensive and so interesting.

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