One cocoon, one long thread — Weavers · The Makers
At the Thistle Mill silk room, weaver Bram shows a tiny white cocoon to a class. He says it holds a thread nearly a kilometre long. How does it become cloth?
Your task
Put the steps from leaf to silk cloth in order.
- Silk comes from the silkworm, the caterpillar of a moth. It eats mulberry leaves, then spins one continuous thread around itself. People in China have made silk for thousands of years, and trade routes carried it across continents.
- Invented guild stories to learn from. Never try fire, hot metal, glass, blades or power tools on your own: crafts like these are learned with a trained adult.
- Every craft came from many people in many places. Nothing about you is collected.
Score
- Craft knowledge — You understood how this craft works.
- Making it well — You put the steps in a sensible order and used the right tools.
- Care for people & planet — You kept people safe and used materials wisely.
In real life
Silk is still reeled from cocoons today in countries such as China, India and Uzbekistan. Several fine threads are twisted together to make one strong strand.
Weavers
The guild stories are invented, to learn from. Fire, heat, blades and tools are only for trained adults: learn these crafts with a trained adult, never at home. Nothing about you is collected; progress stays on this device.
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