Fine quality linens still retain the reputation of luxuriousness and expensiveness. Manufacture of fiber into fabric requires unusual care throughout each process to retain the strength and beauty of the fiber.

3. Throwing: Reeled silk is a term applied to the raw silk strand that is formed by combining several filaments from separate cocoons. Reeled silk is transformed into silk yarns - also called silk thread-by a process known as throwing. The raw silk skeins are sorted according to size, color, and length or quantity, then soaked in warm water with soap or oil.