Project Information
- Project : Silk Fabric
- Category : Silk, Cotton
- Date : February 29, 2022
- Status : Completed
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Silk is the strongest natural textile in the world. This textile was just recently surpassed in strength by a lab-engineered biomaterial, but it remains the strongest fabric made through natural processes.
Despite its immense tensile strength, silk is generally prized for other reasons. Silk’s softness has made it a hotly desired commodity throughout history, and this simple fiber has built legendary trade routes and transformed cultures throughout the Old World.
- Heating the cocoons is the first step for slik fabircs.
- Silk producers twist long strings together to make yarn
- The silk yarn is put through a roller to make it uniform.
- Silk is the strongest natural textile in the world
- The silk yarn is put through a rolller to make it uniform.
- Weaving is woven into a particular type of material.
What was included in the project?
Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons. The best-known silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity.
