The, the liquid is squeezed out and the floss silk is shaped to be air dried in the shade from a pole or a rope. Index Grams per person in 1 hr. Introduction Short lengths of inferior silk filaments taken from waste material are combed and spun together as silk thread. Spun silk threads are soft but less lustrous, strong and elastic than reeled silks. Spun silk fabric will become fuzzy with wear as the yarn is made from short material.
Spun silk is less expensive than reeled silk.
Although spun silk has less strength and elasticity than reeled silk because of the shorter staple used, it possesses all the general characteristics of reeled silk. Tub silk fabric, for example, is made of spun silk, yet it gives good service when the quality of the fibre is good. Spun silk is used for shantung, pile fabrics, dress trimmings and linings, elastic webbing, sewing silk, summer weight silks, velvets, umbrella fabrics and insulation. The waste derived from the processing of spun silk yearn is also used. Such fibre is labelled as waste silk, silk waste or most frequently noil silk and silk noil.