Question:

--- In TCClist@yahoogroups .com, "mnpli" <mnpli@...> wrote:

*The Why*
Why are we asked to do the form, as if we are pulling silk???
Give; benefits, reasons, of what use is it to us?

Dave Barbour adds:

Pulling silk or reeling silk for this purpose, means the same thing?

• Continuous movement, without breaks.  Breaks or stopping can cause the thread to tangle. 
• Smooth movement, without jerks or sudden shocks.  Sudden shocks break the thread.

MP Response:

Just a comment that both of these sayings are from the old days in the silk trade, before the introduction of mechanization the cocoons were dropped into boiling water to kill the pupae, and then they were unwound by hand.

If you let the thread hang slack at any point, the very fine strand would 'bunch up' and tangle  -  you had to keep just the right amount of constant tension on the strand of silk.