Silk Making in Uzbekistan
Part II on our visit to a traditional silk factory in Margilan, Uzbekistan. This time focusing on the process used. Silk Making: Silk Worms It starts with harvested silkworm cocoons… Silk Making: Extracting the fiber Then soaking the cocoons to soften so the fiber can be extracted… Silk Making: Spinning Thread Then stretching the raw Read the Rest…
Traditional Silk Factory Margilan Uzbekistan
These women are silk-weavers at the Yodgorlik Silk Factory in Margilan, Uzbekistan. This “factory” is the largest traditional silk factory in Uzbekistan – with silk-worms, mulberry bushes, drying cocoons and reels of hand-spun natural silk. On the day we dropped by (unannounced), we were the only visitors and I think these weavers were a little Read the Rest…
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