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Cultivated Silk – Silk obtained from cocoons of silkworms reared carefully through sericulture is called as cultivated or mulberry silk
Wild Silk – This silk is obtained from the cocoons of silkworms left unattended in their natural habitat like tussah/tussar silk obtained from Antheria myletta. Tussah silk is light brown in color and may be difficult to bleach. As these worms are fed on oak trees, it assumes the natural brown color. Tussah silk is an important segment of the silk industry for production of low priced silks. However, these silks are not as lustrous as cultivated silks.
Raw Silk – Silk in its raw stage with sericin popularly called as Silk-in-the-gum.
Reeled silk – Continuous strands of silk obtained by combining the filament from cocoon, ready for twisting.
Dupion Silk- Silk obtained from two silk worms that spin their cocoons together. The yarn is irregular in diameter and not continuous, but it may have good luster. At present in Indian market, the terms ‘Dupion silk’ is also applicable to spun silk obtained by spinning together staple silk obtained from pierced cocoons, doubled cocoons, floss brushed from cocoons before reeling, frison from the beginning and end of each cocoon, scrap from the machine waste etc.
Pure dye Silk – This indicates that weighting upto accepted levels alone has been used for silk. This dyed weighted silk is termed as pure dye silk.
Washable Silk – Silk that can be easily washed and does not require dry cleaning.
Khadi Silk – The silk that is hand spun and hand woven. The yarn/fabrics show irregularity and thick and thin places.
Ahimsa Silk – Silk obtained from cocoons which are not stiffled to suffocate/ kill the chrysalis.
Varieties of silk produced in India:
Four varieties of silk are produced in India.
- Cultivated/ Mulberry Silk
- Tussah Silk/ Wild Silk
- Muga Silk (produced in limited quantities in North-East)
- Eri Silk - (produced mainly in North-Eastern states and also produced in AP)
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