Marghilon Travel Guide

 Backpackin_Mac Says:  Noit many people seem to add Margilon to their itinary but it is well worth a visit. Very good tour of the silk factory where you can see the whole process take place. 

 Backpackin_Mac Says:  Here is the second stage of the silk making process 

 Backpackin_Mac Says:  Here is the third stage of the silk making process. The room was unbelievably hot and it must have been very hard for the women working there. 

 Backpackin_Mac Says:  At the Yodgorlik Silk factory you are able to take a tour of the silk factory. They won't mention it until after the tour, if you buy something the tour will be free, if you don't they might ask for a $1 donation which is very fair because the tour is excellent. 

 Trekki Says:  Now for the most fascinating process of silk weaving – the girls at the wooden looms. It already fascinated me in Khiva, to see how quick the girls are handling the looms and how quick centimetre for centimentre of woven silk is growing. I have borrowed some of my Khiva... 

 Trekki Says:  Although most attention at Yodgorlik Silk Factory is drawn to hand made and unique silk cloth, they also have a couple of machines to weave the bales. From all the clothes, Uzbek women were wearing, I could see that tradition is held high, so the demand for more reasonable... 

 Trekki Says:  The process, described before, is now repeated until the whole silk thread is completely dyed (or white parts left white) according to the desired pattern. Dyeing is done in a separate room, they use natural material (mostly plants) to dye. Onion peels are used to colour... 

 Trekki Says:  (haha, while writing I realise that this is the most difficult part to describe….. with my non-native English…. Don’t get desperate please, if it sounds bwwaaa) The threads, which have been wound on the 2 metre reel are then prepared for dyeing.The magic of Uzbek silk is the... 

 Trekki Says:  As I was here in August (2006), it was already too late to see the cocoon steaming. But also here, a good website exists for those of you who are interested in seeing this part.A finished cocoon consists of approx. 1000 m of a single silk thread. A cocoon has to be further... 

 Trekki Says:  This is something I only know from reading, as I was in Uzbekistan too late (August) to see a silk worm hatchery. But I cannot describe the silk process without giving a bit of explanation about the real manufacturers of silk – the worms.It is nicely described in Lonley...