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Uploaded by akilanova on Jan 31, 2008
Craftspeople spinning silk. Agia Napa, Cyprus, autumn 2007.
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This is actually NOT a video on spinning, but a video on reeling silk from the cocoons! The cocoon is simmered (or steamed) to stifle (kill) the larvae (silkworm), then the cocoon is untangled by unwrapping the silk fibers onto a reel.
feistyfemale1951 2 years ago
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This is actually NOT a video on spinning, but a video on reeling silk from the cocoons! The cocoon is simmered (or steamed) to stifle (kill) the larvae (silkworm), then the cocoon is untangled by unwrapping the silk fibers onto a reel.
feistyfemale1951 2 years ago