Making Silk
by Denis Bellamy
1. What is silk?
2. The Process
2.1. Sericulture
2.2. Hatching the Eggs
2.3. The Feeding Period
2.4. Spinnng the Cocoon
2.5. Reeling the Filament
3. Types of Silk
4. Artisan Inputs
4.1. Silk Worms
4.1.1. Breeding the Silkworms
4.1.2. Feeding the Larvae
4.1.3. Spinning the Ccoon
4.1.4. Stoving the Chrysalis
4.2. The Filiature
4.2.1. Soorting & Softening the Cocoons
4.2.2. The Filament
4.2.3. Reeling the Filament
4.2.4. Packaging the Skeins
4.2.5. Forming the Silk Yarn
4.2.6. Degumming the Thrown Yarn
4.2.7. Finiishing
4.2.8. Spun Silk
4.3. Weaving Indian Style
5. The Future
5.1. Sustainabillity
5.2. Alternatives
6. Histories
6.1. UK Silk Industry
6.1.1. Spitalfields Silk