CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How many silkworm cocoons are needed to make one pound of silk?

1. How many kilograms of silk cocoons are needed to produce one kilogram of silk?

Silkworm cocoons can be divided into dry cocoons and fresh cocoons. 2-3 kilograms of cocoons can generally produce one kilogram of silk.

For 1 jin of dry silk cocoons, about 50% of the total weight of silkworm pupae must be removed, and the raw silk yield is less than 50%.

If they are fresh cocoons, there will be further discounts. About 2.5 kilograms of fresh cocoons can produce 1 kilogram of dry cocoons, and 1 kilogram of dry cocoons can only produce about 0.38 kilograms of cooked silk. It takes about 2-3 kilograms of cocoons to produce one kilogram of silk.

2. How much silk is there in 1 jin of silk cocoon?

One pound of silk cocoons can produce about 200 grams of silk.

Silk cocoons are divided into dry cocoons and fresh cocoons. Dry cocoons need to remove about 50% of the total weight of silkworm pupae, and the silk yield is less than 50%. If it is a fresh cocoon, it will be discounted again, about 2.5 kilograms of fresh cocoons will produce 1 kilogram of silk. Silk cocoons usually refer to mulberry silk cocoons, which are the sac-shaped protective layer of the mulberry silkworm pupae, containing the pupa body. The protective layer includes cocoon skin, cocoon layer and pupa lining. The cocoon layer can be reeled, and the cocoon skin and waste silk after reeling can be used as silk cotton and silk spinning raw materials.

3. How many kilograms of silk can be produced from ten kilograms of silk cocoons, including the cocoons with silkworm pupae inside?

It is understood that one pound of silk is made up of six pounds of silk cocoons, and ten pounds of silk requires about 60 pounds of silk cocoons. Based on this, it can be inferred that ten pounds of silk cocoons can produce more than one pound of silk.

4. How many cocoons are there in one pound of silk?

One pound of silk floss is made from about 600 silk cocoons. If the silk floss is made from cocoons one by one, it takes 1.5 hours to boil the cocoons + 15 minutes to wash them + 2 hours to peel them + 1 hour to open the floss + 30 minutes to pull and thread them + 3 hours to dry them = 8 hours and 15 minutes. So it basically takes a whole day.

Silk washing and maintenance:

1 When washing mulberry silk, use neutral detergent and water. Do not twist it after washing and do not expose it to the sun. Hang it naturally to dry.

2 When washing pure silk, if you add a teaspoon of vinegar to the water, the fabric will be brighter after washing.

3. Dry the garment until 80% dry and then iron at medium temperature to remove wrinkles. Iron with the reverse side facing up to maintain the gloss. Avoid spraying water to prevent water stains.

4. Fire prevention: keep it away from the stove and do not place it together with mothballs, otherwise it will become brittle.

5. How many silk cocoons are needed to make a silk quilt?

A silk quilt with a net weight of 1 jin of mulberry silk requires about 3 jin of silkworm cocoons to make.

If converted into quantity, taking the double-palace cocoon as an example, a silk quilt with a net weight of 1 jin requires about 38*4*4=608 cocoons.

6. Does anyone know how many silkworms are needed to produce a silk quilt using one pound of silk?

It takes 600-1000 silkworms to make one kilogram of silk quilt. One kilogram of silk is made of about 600 cocoons. To make silk floss from cocoons, you need to boil the cocoons, wash the cocoons, peel the cocoons, open the floss, pull the threads, and dry them in the sun. Each step is the result of the hard work of the silk farmers. It is natural and precious! Silk is a continuous long fiber solidified by the silk fluid secreted by mature silkworms when they make cocoons. It is also called natural silk and is a natural fiber.

7. How many silkworm pupae are needed to produce one pound of silk?

To obtain one kilogram of silk, it usually requires thousands or even tens of thousands of silk cocoons.