♫*Music*♫ Where Silk Comes from Well, worm spit Bombyx Mori aka. Silkworm The silk production process is also known as Sericutlture. It dates back to around 4,800 years ago in China. Here is the process in action at the silk farm Artisans Angkor, near Siem Reap, Cambodia Larvae hatch out of these eggs after 14 days Those eggs were laid by adult moths This one is dead After millennia of domestication, the adult moths cannot fly The larvae feast on MulberryLeaves They eat continuously For about 42 days Then it's cocoon time They spin their silk cocoon for 3-8 days One strand. Secreted by sailvry glands. About 1,000 feet long. The chrysalis inside is then killed by steam or by laying in the sun or boiling The cocoons are loosened in hot wtr and unwound Several strands are spun together into a thread Raw silk (outside of cocoon) Fine silk (inside of cocoon) Workers painstakingly remove lumps and debris The silk is dyed any color of the rainbow A warping whel divides the fine silk thread Fine silk Raw silk It takes about 2500 silkworms to make 1 pound of silk