Silk Making Step 4: spinning

Even today, despite the introduction of a wide range of new techniques, the traditional spinning wheelis still necessary for a variety of purposes. spinning wheels are used for unwinding dyed silk skeins onto bobbins for the warping process.

Bamboo spools.

Preparing the thread involves multiple steps.

The woman is winding the spool by the means of a hand crank.

Another threading step.

Bobbins.

Detail of bobbins with batch numbers.

The silk thread moves from the bobbins through a worker’s hands onto a spinning device.

The spinning device is powered by bycicle pedals and finishes the thread.

By passing through the hands the silk thread acquires a lustrious sheen.

Finalized silk thread, ready to be woven.

Each batch of thread is weight and sent to the looms.