Silkevæveri / Silk weaving factory

Som lovet får silkevæveriet sit eget indlæg. Jeg havde glædet mig helt vildt til at besøge det! Der var hævet ekstra penge til silkestof. (Hvor tit får man chancen?) Men jeg havde godt nok aldrig nogensinde gættet, hvordan det i virkeligheden så ud.....
Det var lidt som at komme på museum med gamle huse. Bortset fra, at husene stod på pæle i en kæmpesø i Myanmar, og at det faktisk var en velfungerende fabrik!
Som I kan se, arbejder de med mange smukke farver.

As promised, the silk weaving factory gets its very own post. I had been so excited to visit this place! There were extra dollars in my wallet for silk fabric. (How often do you get the chance?) But I would never, ever had guessed how it really looked like.......
It was like visiting a museum with old houses. Except that the houses were placed on poles in a giant lake in Myanmar, and that it was a well functioning factory!
As you can see, they work with beautiful colors.

Her var der gang i farvningen af noget tråd. Det skal vist ligne det lille stykke, der hænger ovenover. Det ligner også batik-farvning med snore om de områder, der ikke skulle farves. Når det blev vævet, så det ganske flot ud.

Here was the process of dyeing some thread. I think it will look like the fabric hanging on top. It looks like batik dyeing with strings tied to the parts not supposed to receive dye. Once it was woven, it looked really good.

Der blev også lavet tråd af lotusplanter! Det blev vævet ind i striber sammen med silken, og føltes ret meget som hør.

They also made thread from the lotus plant! It was woven in stripes in between the silk, and it felt a lot like linen.

Der blev også vævet. Det gik hurtigt og effektivt!

The looms were used as well. It went really fast!

Der hang garn til tørre mange steder. Jeg fik faktisk lov til at købe noget af det her sorte garn, der viste sig at være bomuld! Det er stift af farve og ting, men bliver sikkert dejligt blødt efter vask!
De tænkte vist, at jeg var tosset, men jeg fik da lov at købe det.....

Yarn was hanging around the place for drying. I was allowed to buy some of this black yarn, that turned out to be cotton! It is stiff from dye and stuff, but I guess it will be nice and soft after a wash!
They thought I was crazy, I guess, but I did get to buy it.......

Her er noget tråd der hænger til tørre. Smukt, ikke?
Jeg endte med at købe en hel del silke. (Der skal jo også være lidt til min søster....) I rød, grøn og beige samt noget mønstret.

This is some thread drying. Beautiful!
In the end, I bought a lot of silk. (There has to be a little for my sister as well.....) Red, green and beige and some with pattern.

Her er noget batik-farvet garn på væven. Jeg er meget imponeret over, hvor flot mønsteret bliver ved med at være der efter vævning!
Ikke flere ord lige nu. I må nyde billederne!

This is some of the batik-dyed yarn on the loom. I am very impressed at how pretty the pattern still is after weaving!
No more words now. Enjoy the photos!