Sunday, July 26, 2015
Silk factories
After going to both of the silk museums I now understand why silk is expensive. The process for getting just one strand of silk is awesome yet long. In order to make one string for silk you need 7-10 strands. Then you have to actually make the fabric which now is more simple than back then. Plus you can't wash it with your regular clothes, instead you have to take it to the dry cleaner which costs even more money.
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I was amazed to hear how long and tedious the process for obtaining and creating the basic cords of silk. It was impressive to me that even with the new technology we have, the silk district still uses the Jacquard punch cards with their electric looms. While this speeds up the process, they are still using high quality silk as well as gold or silver threads for historic restorations that need to be accurate, which takes time to get right.
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