ʻAʻole kānalua ʻo Silk kahi mea nani a nani hoʻi i hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe waiwai i loko o ke kaiāulu.I loko o nā makahiki, ua hoʻohana ʻia kona hoʻohana ʻana i nā pillowcases, nā maka maka a me nā pajamas, a me nā scarves i nā wahi like ʻole o ka honua.

ʻOiai ʻo kona kaulana, he kakaikahi wale nō ka poʻe i hoʻomaopopo i kahi e hele mai ai nā lole silika.

Ua kūkulu mua ʻia ka lole silika ma Kina kahiko.Eia naʻe, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā laʻana siliki mua loa i ke alo o ka fibroin protein silika i loko o nā laʻana lepo mai ʻelua mau lua kupapaʻu ma ke kahua Neolithic ma Jiahu i Henan, mai ka makahiki 85000.

I ka manawa o Odyssey, 19.233, e ho'āʻo ana ʻo Odysseus e hūnā i kona ʻike, ua nīnau ʻia kāna wahine ʻo Penelope e pili ana i ka lole o kāna kāne;Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i kahi pālule e ʻālohilohi ana e like me ka ʻili o kahi aniani maloʻo e pili ana i ka nani o ka lole silika.

Ua waiwai nui ke aupuni Roma i ke kilika.No laila, kūʻai lākou i ke kilika kumu kūʻai nui loa, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kilika Kina.

ʻO ka siliki kahi fiber protein maʻemaʻe;ʻO nā mea nui o ka fiber protein o ka siliki he fibroin.Hoʻopuka nā ʻōpala o kekahi mau ʻiniko i ka fibroin e hana i nā niu.No ka laʻana, loaʻa ka siliki waiwai maikaʻi loa mai nā niu o nā larvae o ka mulberry silkworm i hanai ʻia ma ke ʻano o ka sericulture (hanai pio ʻana).

ʻO ka hanai ʻana i nā pupae ʻanuhe kilika i alakaʻi ʻia i ka hana ʻoihana kilika.Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia lākou e hana i kahi kaula silika keʻokeʻo, ʻaʻohe minerala ma ka ʻili.I kēia manawa, hana nui ʻia ke kilika no nā kumu like ʻole.