silk, n.All

silk is pretty labor intensive --- it takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie

Two silkworms held a raceit ended in a tie

Silk is a kind of paste. Its texture depressions adapt themselves to body’s irregularities and especially hug the softer parts of the flesh.

Silk is material invented so women could go naked in clothes.

Did you hear about the 2 silk worms in a race?It ended in a tie

Silk is the most enveloping of all known fabrics. It rounds out our own body as if it were our own skin, making it feel spherical such that we can’t even tell which limb is where.

Silk is made by patience and a mulberry leaf.

Silk is the thing that makes the difference in Adam's children.

Silk is a material that light clings to without ever stretching the material. In contrast, velvet makes light elastic.

A spider’s silk is stronger than steel.

Couples with silk sheets have sex an average of 4.25 times a week, twice as much as couples with cotton sheets.

Silkworms are used as the primary producer of silk.

Silk is uncanny — under smooth silk sheets, the body disintegrates into sleep. A slippery silkiness on all surfaces relaxes the supports that hold us together.