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The Process of Making Silk Carpet by Hand

The handmade silk carpets made in our factory are high value added products and all are done by hand through complicated process. From the silkworm to the final product, it will take many complicated processes to weave these beautiful carpets. The process is as follows:

Ⅰ. From Silkworms to Cocoons:

Silkworm is a kind of natural insect. It comes out from 2 millimeters egg and then grows into 10 millimeters black worm. People feed them painstakingly by using leaves of natural white mulberry. When growing to nearly 40 millimeters, the black silkworms turn into the white cocoons. The location for raising should be indoor, and full of sunshine, ventilated and sterilized frequently. Person not concerned are not allowed to go. Otherwise the survival rate will be low, and the quality of cocoons will be not up to much.

Ⅱ. Cocoon Processing, Reeling off Raw Silk from Cocoons and Dying

1. The Processing of Cocoons

After the silkworms turning into cocoons, workers need to dry them over heat firstly. Then they use the high quality cocoons for reeling off raw silk. Cocoons are put into clean water for cleansing. After filtered in the clean water one or three times, the cocoons are put into boiling water for 20 minutes. Then workers reel off raw silk from cocoons. One kilogram cocoon can product about 0.3 kilogram raw silk. The thickness of silk depends on the material needed. The raw silk is dried and cocooned after being divided into many plies.