silk making .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................



step 4: spinning


even today, despite the introduction of a wide range of new techniques, the traditional spinning wheelis still
necessary for a variety of purposes. spinning wheels are used for unwinding dyed silk skeins onto bobbins
for the warping process.




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bamboo spools.




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preparing the thread involves multiple steps.




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the woman is winding the spool by the means of a hand crank.




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 another threading step.




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bobbins.




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detail of bobbins with batch numbers.




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the silk thread moves from the bobbins through a worker’s hands onto a spinning device.




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the spinning device is powered by bycicle pedals and finishes the thread.




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by passing through the hands the silk thread acquires a lustrious sheen.




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finalized silk thread, ready to be woven.




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each batch of thread is weight and sent to the looms.





step 1:
raising silkworms &
harvesting cocoons		 step 2:
thread extraction		 step 3:
dyeing		 step 4:
spinning		 step 5:
weaving		 step 6:
ikat



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