2. Basic Loom Operations: a. Shedding: It is raising and lowering of warp yarns by the harnessess to make an opening for the weft yarns to pass through. b. Picking: It is the actual process of placing the weft yarns in the shed. This is done using a device known as shuttle. It has a metal strip in which bobbin or pin is inserted.

This softening of the sericin aids in handling the thread. After mechanical drying, the skeins are placed on light reels from which the silk is wound on bobbins. During this winding operation, single strands may be given any desired amount of twist. If two or more yarns are to be doubled, they are twisted again in the same direction or in a reverse direction depending on the kind of thread to be made.