Akungabazeki ukuthi usilika akungabazeki izinto zikanokusho futhi ezinhle ezisetshenziswa ngabacebile emphakathini. Kuyo yonke le minyaka, ukusetshenziswa kwayo kwama-pillowcases, imaski yamehlo kanye nama-pajamas, futhi amakhabe amukelwe ezingxenyeni ezahlukahlukene zomhlaba.

Naphezu kokuthandwa kwawo, bambalwa kuphela abantu abaqondayo lapho kuvela khona izindwangu zesilika.

Indwangu kasilika yaqala ukuthuthukiswa eChina yasendulo. Kodwa-ke, amasampula okuqala asilwayo angatholakala ngokuba khona kwe-silk Protein Fibroin kumasampula omhlabathi avela kumathuna amabili asendaweni yeNeolithic e-Henan, abuyele emuva ku-85000.

Ngesikhathi se-Odyssey, 19.233, u-Odysseus, ezama ukufihla ubunikazi bakhe, umkakhe uPenelope wabuzwa ngengubo yomyeni wakhe; Uveze ukuthi ugqoke ihembe elikhothoza njengesikhumba se-anyanisi omisiwe kubhekiswa kwikhwalithi evunyisa indwangu ye-silk.

UMbuso WaseRoma wayazisa kakhulu usilika. Ngakho-ke bathengisa ngosilika olwenziwe kakhulu kakhulu, okuyi-Chinese Silk.

Silk iyifayibha emsulwa yamaprotheni; Izingxenye ezinkulu ze-protein fiber of silk ziyi-fibroin. Izibungu zezinambuzane ezithile zikhiqiza i-fibroin ukwakha cocoons. Isibonelo, usilika omuhle kakhulu ocebile utholakala kuma cocoons wezibungu ze-mulberry silkworm ezakhiwa indlela ye-sericulture (yokukhulisa ngokudingiswa).

Ukukhulisa i-Silkworm Pupue kwaholela ekukhiqizweni kwezentengiso kasilika. Imvamisa bakhiqizwa ukukhiqiza intambo kasilika emhlophe emhlophe, ebingenamaminerali ebusweni. Okwamanje, usilika manje ukhiqizwa ngamanani amakhulu ngezinhloso ezahlukahlukene.