ERI SILK SPUN YARN & FABRIC- A Review

Textile TEchnology

The textile sector in today's scenario is moving towards value addition products and new innovation. Lot of developments has been taking place in Machinery, Technology and New product development. The textile field is expanding its using through Technical Textiles, Medicals Textiles, Nano technology etc.,. Indian silk industry is one of the premier industries producing silk and next to china. Today the sericulture industry is faced with many problems and silk from china is being imported to combat shortage of silk. The textile product made from silk is of more lustrous and gives rich look to the wearer. The cost of the silk product is also very high when compared to other textile products. The silk manufacturing is a specialized skill required area and the silk production needs a very good technical skill and knowledge. Eri silk, also known as Endi silk or Errandi silk, is a type of silk produced by the caterpillar of the Samia ricini, a species of silk moth native to parts of India, China, and other Southeast Asian countries. Unlike other types of silk, such as mulberry silk produced by the Bombyx mori silkworm, Eri silk is produced from the open-ended cocoon of the Eri silkworm. This paper deals with the yarn and fabric produced from ERI silk Cocoon waste

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