The secret to making silk is found in the way this amazing worm weaves it's cocoon. Each cocoon is woven from one strand of silk or filament. When unraveled it can extend 3,000 feet. In sericulture, the cocoons are harvested and dried in the sun before the moth emerges. Once dried, the cocoons are dropped in boiling water.
Hot water softens a natural cement that, secreted by the worm, holds the cocoon together.
Naturally golden silk thread ready for weaving. In Northern Bangladesh, RDRS produces silk thread in two settings small regional factory operations and home based settings. Fulfuli Rani lives with her husband and children in a small village near the Indian boarder. The walls of her home are made of mud. The roof is thatch.