How the reeling process of silk thread is done ?

Explanation

For reeling silk the cocoons are gathered about 8.10 days after spinning had begun. The cocoons are first treated by steam or dry heat to kill the insect inside. This is necessary to prevent the destruction of the continuous fibre by the destruction of the continuous fibre by the emergence of the continuous fibre by the emergence of the moth. The cocoons are then soaked in hot water `(95^(@) - 97^(@)C)` for 10.15 minutes to soften the gum that binds the silk threads together. This process is called cooking. The ..cooked.. cocoons are kept in hot water the loose ends of the thread are caught by hand. Threads from several cocoons are would together on spinning wheels (Charakhas) to form the reels of raw silk. Only about one-half of the silk of each cocoon is reelable, the remainder is used as a silk waste and formed into spun silk. Raw silk thus obtained is proceesed through several treatments to bring about the luster on the thread.