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Gina -
I was especially fascinated by the SILK REELING AND TESTING MANUAL; although
it deals primarily with the commercial venture rather than the cottage
industry, it has a LOT of info on silk! I never knew that it made so much
difference how long the cocoons are baked, for instance.
<A HREF="http://www.fao.org/docrep/x2099e/x2099e00.htm#con">
http://www.fao.org/docrep/x2099e/x2099e00.htm#con</A>
<A HREF="http://www.silkandsilk.com/silk4.htm">
http://www.silkandsilk.com/silk4.htm</A>
has the best picture I can find so far of a home-type reeling system; the
only real problem is, the entire page is in Thai (or whatever they call the
language of Thailanders). It looks like there's a croissure built into her
reel; from the few descriptions I've been able to find, it is a pulley system
to make the filament cross itself.
<A HREF="http://www.wwb.co.uk/milleniumcat/page4.html">
http://www.wwb.co.uk/milleniumcat/page4.html</A>
has a toy-sized version, which gives me some information about what I
probably want to build myself... it looks a lot like a "Weasel" reel.
I'll let you know what I end up doing... I wish I had a better camera, and
I'd photojournal the whole process!
Michael
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