All About Silk
Shiny, expensive, smooth, and elegant — silk’s reputation as one of the best garment fibers is undisputed, but its exact nature remains elusive to many. Silk’s provenance, production process, and critical properties are all highly complex and unique, making it one of the most misunderstood materials available today.
The more you know about silk, the easier it will be to leverage its benefits, discern real from fake, and find the silk products that work best for you. Here is some of the most important information about the world’s most mesmerizing substance:
All About Silk
what silk made of?
Silk is made primarily from the proteins found in the cocoons of mulberry silkworms, also known as Bombyx mori. The worms produce silk fibers from their saliva, wrapping the threads into a protective shell in which they will undergo metamorphosis. Silk makers then process the cocoons, removing and discarding the worms within. The cocoons are then carefully unraveled in order to preserve the threads in their entirety. Because of the long and laborious nature of silk production, there are a number of artificial silk materials on the market as well, commonly referred to as “art silk.” Art silk can be composed of rayon, cellulose, polyester, or some combination thereof and is generally made of crops such as mercerized cotton, wood pulp, or soybeans.
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