Today was the last day of the Handicraft Fair and I returned to make some final purchases.
the makings of silk
Near the entrance there were artisans doing demonstrations of their crafts, including a sculptor, weavers, and some artists. I spent awhile watching a lady spinning silk. She had all of the steps of the process on display: the eggs, the worms, the cocoons, boiling the cocoons, and unwinding the silk threads. Some of the dead cocoons were fried in a bowl for a mid-work snack.