Baju Kurung & Baju Melayu |
Silk production
Lavae & Cocoon |
Silk that made up the cocoons were excreted from these larvae's spinneret and it can be extracted from cocoon after boiling, which kills the larvae, to soften the cocoon(cocoon are usually harden by the larvae's saliva). Since each cocoon is produced by a single thread of silk, the length of this thread can stretch up to 900 meters!
Wonder why price of genuine silk is rocket high? The steps in boiling and extracting the silk requires experienced hands to ensure that the thread remains as a piece. Broken silk are worth much lesser. Since the process of obtaining silk cannot be overtake by machines, the cost of obtaining silk stills remained high.
Silk fiber: 80% of it is made up by natural protein called fibroin and 20% sericin. It is a bad conductor of heat hence external heat has less tendency to penetrate fiber and body heat are hard to escape. Keep one cool in summer and warm in winter. In my opinion, this will definitely be a great material for baju if money isn't a limitation. Although it may be desirable to have clothes made up of silk, but the inflexibility of the material makes one hard to maneuver around. Hence it is advisable to make a baju with a certain percentage of cotton to ensure that one can stretch around easily.
Cotton production
Cotton Plant |
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