Picture of Silk Village Hoi An - The Tourist
Caption: Silk Village Hoi An, Vietnam
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Caption: Fine silk, raw silk and taffeta are all produced at the Silk Village in Hoi An
Caption: STEP ONE
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Caption: Silk worms eat the mulberry leaves
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Caption: And spin cocoons
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Caption: Worms - Pupae- Moths The worms become pupae and in turn hatch to become moths. Only ten percent are allowed to hatch in order to mate. Hatching destroys the cocoon and in turn, the silk
Caption: STEP TWO
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Caption: The cocoons are cooked in 80 degree water with the pupae inside. Individual threads are picked from the cocoon as they unravel. 1 cocoon yields a kilometre of thread! The fineness of the silk is defined at this stage by the amount of threads that are joined
Caption: STEP THREE
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Caption: The threads are boiled in dye to give them their colour
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Caption: STEP FOUR
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Caption: Weaving Threads are woven carefully onto looms
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Caption: Depending on the pattern, this can sometimes take up to two days to do!
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Caption: STEP FIVE
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Caption: Weaving Using patterns passed down and remembered, the threads are woven into fabric using traditional looms
Caption: THE FINAL PRODUCT IS BEAUTIFUL COLOURFUL SILKS AND PATTERNS
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Caption: Black silk
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Caption: THE END
