Matka silk is 100% silk, wherein the yarn in the warp is the usual silk yarn, while the yarn in weft is obtained from the cocoons that are cut open by the moths as they emerge. Matka silk is obtained from waste Mulberry silk by hand spinning without removing the gum (sericin). Cocoons required to produce matka are mainly obtained from Karnataka and Kashmir but spinning is mostly done in the village of west Bengal by women by hand spinning. Filaments of the cocoons of this silk were originally unwound and plied together on a mud pot, or Matka and therefore known as ‘Matka silk’.

Matka silk is 100% silk, wherein the yarn in the warp is the usual silk yarn, while the yarn in weft is obtained from the cocoons that are cut open by the moths as they emerge. Matka silk is obtained from waste Mulberry silk by hand spinning without removing the gum (sericin). Cocoons required to produce matka are mainly obtained from Karnataka and Kashmir but spinning is mostly done in the village of west Bengal by women by hand spinning. Filaments of the cocoons of this silk were originally unwound and plied together on a mud pot, or Matka and therefore known as ‘Matka silk’.