Silk business (unknown date)

A woman in yukata and traditional hairstyle is hand reeling silk from cocoons.Original text: The single fiber as it leaves the cocoon is almost From 8 to 15 threads from as many cocoons are combined in a single thread for the reel. This is done, where modern appliances have been introduced, by passing the numerous fibers through perforated agates a few inches above the vessel that contains the The traverse moves horizontally from side to side, distributing the thread over the reel in a broad skein. The natural gum of the silk sticks the thread together both the dozen or more cocoon fibers that constitute a thread, and also the thread that make the skein. The fine thread from the cocoon is slightly thicker in the more compact part, but it diminishes again towards the center of the ball and finally becomes too slight to the skein. The fine thread from the cocoon is slightly thicker in the more compact part, but it diminishes again towards the center of the ball and finally becomes too slight to endure the strain of reeling. The explanation of this weakness is that one of the worm youths silk glands If a thread breaks or a cocoon runs empty, the reeler takes up the thread, or takes a fresh cocoon, and takes a fresh cocoon, and takes a fresh cocoon. If a thread breaks or a cocoon runs empty, the reeler takes up the thread or takes a fresh cocoon, and unites it with the running thread by a deft movement of the fingers.