Silk and Silk Weaving
Silk weaving was a big advantage in the trade industry for the Han Dynasty because the Han only knew how to make silk. Silk was used for very valuable clothing,banners, and even kites! If you wanted to make your silk weave back then, you had to get a loom and your cocoon and unwind the silk and carefully wind the silk in the loom and keep it tight! Some times the cocoon silk can be 900 meters long! There was large demand for silk especially from the Romans for silk.
We still use silk today!
We still use silk today!
- Silk is very time consuming to make
- Silk was very valuable in the Han dynasty
- Silk weaving was kept a secret from others
Silk Weaving 101:The Do's and Dont's
Keep Silk tight while weaving
You want your silk to be floppy.