Left to right, from top to bottom: silk threads, damask fabrics, spools of threads for brocades, and silkworm cocoons and raw silk fibers. Silk was introduced to Italy by Catholic missionaries ...

of thrown silk — silk turned into yarn — spun per day, while the one in Misamis Oriental produces 30 kgs of dried cocoons, yielding seven kilograms of raw silk, per day. Kalinga produces seven kilos ...