Li Ziqi raises silkworms to make grandmother silk quilt and silk pajamas
Relaxing as fuck video on silk making
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Super relaxing.
'Extracting raw silk starts by cultivating the silkworms on mulberry leaves. Once the worms start pupating in their cocoons, these are dissolved in boiling water in order for individual long fibres to be extracted and fed into the spinning reel.
To produce 1 kg of silk, 104 kg of mulberry leaves must be eaten by 3000 silkworms. It takes about 5000 silkworms to make a pure silk kimono.
(, Fri 10 May 2019, 18:15, Reply)
Alright, Twitter, calm down
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George Blank my 2nd last sig was funny, Fri 10 May 2019, 19:20,
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that was nice
I hope a massive primark doesnt open nearby selling cheap bastard disney pyjamas or theyre all fucked
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Turboesprit Volume knob, Fri 10 May 2019, 20:30,
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That's amazing
I've never seen the silk from the cocoons just stretched out to a massive sheet - it's got incredible properties. I thought it was always pulled off the cocoon in a single thread, which in itself seems quite implausible - it's bad enough trying to undo a small ball of tangled string. Now I'm wondering how the hell they find the start of the thread - time for a bit of research!
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Fri 10 May 2019, 20:50,
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They always leave out that crucial part.
I think the larva extrudes a mess back and forth on twigs before making the cocoon to hold it in place on the bush. I think that's where they start.
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kombu dashi, Sat 11 May 2019, 1:15,
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Of course - it has to attach the end to something!
Cheers for that - I read that they use a brush on the wet cocoon to find the end, but on its own that doesn't give much detail. If there's going to be a thicker bit where it was joined to the twig I can see how it would work. I still find it incredible that you can pull the single thread off without it snagging or getting tangled.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Sat 11 May 2019, 9:14,
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So very peaceful and beautiful.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sat 11 May 2019, 15:17,
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