https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9 en-us 2023-03-13 15:16:43 UTC 2025-12-06 13:00:09 UTC hello@padlet.com sdelguer2 https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2499785635 In Chinese legend, Lady Hsi-Ling-Shih was the wife of the deity the Yellow Emperor. She was known as the Goddess of Silk because she introduced silk worm rearing and created the loom. She is said to have ruled around 3000 B.C. but evidence of secriculture, the production of silk, have been found from earlier times.]]> 2023-03-01 16:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2499785635 sdelguer2 https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2506987336 Silk worms create a cocoon made of silk fibers when they are at the beginning of the process of becoming a silk moth. With the worms still inside, the silk is harvested by being boiled in hot water and stirred until the cocoons unravel. In earlier times, they were steamed.]]> 2023-03-07 14:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2506987336 sdelguer2 https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2510340867 What was the silk road? The silk road was a network of routes used by traders. This occurred for more than 1,500 years. This was a "pathway of goods" between East Asia and Europe. This was named the silk road because of the luxurious and delicate material, silk, that merchants traveled and traded with. Besides silk, merchants carried others good throughout the road, leading nations to prosper.]]> 2023-03-09 14:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2510340867 kriddle16 https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2516395299 In the 13th century, silk entered America, and the English began making silk. The sucess of the silk was short lived considering the cool damp climate. The silk culture began in America in 1603 after King James sent silkworm eggs, and mulberry seeds to Virginia.]]> 2023-03-14 16:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2516395299 kriddle16 https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2523553809 Raw silk is used in many clothing items including shirts, ties, blouses, suits, pajamas, and jackets. Handspun mulberry silk is used in bedding items such as comforters, and sleeping bags. ]]> 2023-03-20 13:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2523553809 kriddle16 https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2523599440 The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was Constantinople. The wealth of this magnificent capital was legendary, and luxury goods from China and India made their way across the length of Asia to be sold in its markets. Constantinople represents the end of the Silk Road.]]> 2023-03-20 13:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sdelguer2/i7sd1hnw3vxjwid9/wish/2523599440