Question

why are the harvested silk cocoons boiled give two reasons

Answer 1

THE REASON IS THAT:-

Cocoons are placed in boiling water to

dissolve the adhesive that glues one

strand of silk to the layers below. This

allows a single silk strand to be unrolled

from the cocoon (usually about 20

strands are unwound together and this

fiber bundle is then spun into a thread

that is plied and subsequently woven).

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Answer 2

When the silkworms are still in their cocoons they are boiled out so that they would die inside. This process is done before the silkworms come out of the cocoons so as to bring out the best silk. After the silkworm dies it becomes easier to unwrap the silk threads.