Today we learned how people make silk. Thailand is famous for silk. Silk comes from the silk worms’
cocoons. The silk factories have silk
worm eggs, and then the eggs hatch.
Then there are tiny silk worms.
They feed them mulberry leaves.
They eat and they eat, and they make a cocoon. Before the worms become moths, people have to boil the
cocoons before they hatch. Then
they make strands of silk. After
they get the strings of silk, they dye it. Sometimes they make multi-colors.
Then they put the silk thread on a loom and make silk
fabric. A fast and focused weaver
can make 9 meters of fabric in one day! People can make all sorts of things out of silk from eyeglass
cases to purses. Also, they make
placemats, clothes, and pillows. I
loved seeing how silk was made, but it was kind of sad that people had to
destroy the silk worm’s life cycle just to get silk. There are a lot of silk worms on this earth, so I don’t
think they’ll become extinct.
In the evening I got to see my Yai-Yai’s eldest sister. Her granddaughter (my cousin) is a
famous singer in Thailand. She
plays a ukulele. I met her brother
for the first time. He was very
fun. He showed us his
alligator/fish, an alligator gar.
I was happy to see my Yai-Yai’s older sister and her whole family. -Vanessa