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Here the cocoons are soaked in hot water. The end of the very fine silk is found, and eight fine silk threads are wound together to make one strand of silk thread. You can just barely see the spinning spindles in the picture, and the eight cocoons are dancing as they unravel together. One cocoon on the right is almost finished and you can see the worm inside. The thread goes up above and is wound on huge spools.