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silk
The silk fibre is a fine continuous fibre produced from the cocoon of a moth caterpillar known as the silkworm. While silkworm is cultivated, the wild or tussah silk is obtained from uncultivated silkworm cocoons. Silk fibre is one of the strongest natural fibres and makes a wonderful knitting yarn. It blends really well with other fibres, especially wool. Silk also dyes beautifully with natural dyes.
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"silk" in other languages
- Česky: hedvábí
- Dansk: silke (fibre)
- Deutsch: Seide
- Eesti keeles: siid
- English (US): silk
- Español: seda
- Français: soie
- Íslensku: silki (trefjar)
- Italiano: Seta
- Magyarul: selyem
- Nederlands: zijde
- Norsk: silke (fiber)
- Polski: jedwab
- Português: seda (fibra)
- Suomi: silkki
- Svenska: silke (fiber)
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