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Silk

Silk has been knowing since 5,000 years and and they say, Xiling, the wife of Chinese Emperor Huang-Di has found it.
This was the beginning of silk’s successful history, one of the finest natural products, came over the Silk Route via India, Central Asia, Persia, Korea and Japan.
In comparison to total fibre production wordwide, the portion of silk fibre is less than 1%.

Qualities of silk


Silk filament

Silk filament is originated from the continuous fibre out of the middle of cocoon. This fibre is usually more than 1,000 meters long and is in uncoiled condition prior to its manufacturing process. When silk filament has been treated correctly, it is the finest, strongest and toughest type of silk.

Staple fibre silk/Schappe silk

Schappe silk consists of all inferior silk parts dropped off during preparation process. These silk parts are of different minor qualities and values and after cleaning they will be yarned and become to Chappe-silk. This fibre differs from other silk fibres by its rough and fibrous surface and it is also called „Strazza“.

Bourette silk

Bourette silk is product of coarse spinning procedure from short fibre pieces.


Property of Silk

Here an overview of the excellent properties of silk:
  • It can be stretched about approx. 15% without tearing
  • It can take up upto 30% of its net weight in humidity without feeling wet
  • The surface is stain resistant and insensible with smells
  • It is poor in crease and dries fastly
  • It has low density, so it is light and comfortable
  • High form permanence
  • It isolates very well, in winter warmly, in summer chilly
  • It is known as the strongest natural fibre
  • It is extremely tearproof and rubbing-proof
  • It gleams and shines very nice
  • It can be dyed easely
  • It is a luxury product of natur

Interesting facts about silk

Did you know that:
  • A rope of silk can carry more weight than an equally thick rope from metal?
  • 500 gramms of silkworms eat up to 12,000 kilos of sheets of mulberry tree in the course of their life?
  • A silkspinner eats 40,000-fold of his body weight in form of sheets of mulberry tree from its birth upto its pupation?
  • The fibre of cocoon has a breadth of ca. 20 µm (µm = micrometer = 1 millionth of meter)?
  • There are 10 kilos of the cocoons required for production of 1 kilo raw silk?
  • A fibre of cocoon can be longer than 4,000 meters?
  • 25 mulberry trees are required for getting 3 kilos of silk?
  • A silkworm can spin upto 15 meters per minute?
  • A silkworm increases his bodyweight by 12,000-fold within four weeks after his birth?
  • A silkworm increases his size by 25-fold within four weeks after his birth?
  • 1 kilo of cocoons gives approx. 250 g of silk thread?
No wonder that silk is handled as one of the world’s most valuable fibre.