Many have been slit to remove the pupal shell and last skin of the silkworm.
They dye well and can be spun, embroidered or used for 'paper' or sculpture as
well as for the more traditional use of making them into mawata. After thoroughly
soaking the degummed cocoons, ease out the fibres in warm water and then stretch on or over a frame. Build up fine layers of silk mawata.
Approximately 150 cocoons per 50 grams. The cocoons contain very long, virtually continuous fibres as well as the short fibres from the centre of the cocoons.
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