ʻO ka kapa e hoʻohana ʻia nei ʻo silki duppion, ʻo ia kekahi e hōʻoluʻolu ma ka hoʻokaʻō. Hoʻohana ʻia maikaʻi e hana i nā kapa hana a me nā mea kūkū hale. E kākau mākou i ka hana ʻana e hana silki duppion ma ka noho a me ka hoʻokele hale a e ʻike ʻoe i kēia kapa maikaʻi i kona lā kumu holo mai i nā hanelu o nā makahiki!
ʻO ka silk duppion kahi ʻano o ka silk he lōʻihi. ʻO ia hoʻi: Aia kākoʻo i nā pōhina kiʻi wikiwiki a me nā kiʻi hewa. ʻO kēia mau like ʻole wikiwiki nā mea e hana ai i kēia kapa he mea kūikawā a me kā hoʻolauna ʻole i nā silks ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka silk duppion kahi mea hana ʻia me nā lālani silk pono ʻia e nā pīpī silk. ʻO ka kapa i lālani ʻia ma nā mākīna kūikawā e hāʻawi i kona kino a me ka hila.
ʻO ka silk duppion he mea ma'ale'a loa! Hōʻolea ʻia ma ka noho e hana i nā noho hana, e like me nā kālā, nā holoku, a me nā hula. ʻO kona ʻōhua ola a me kona ʻōhua ola e hana i ke ola pono no nā hanana kūpaʻa. No ka hoʻokomo waihona, hōʻolea ʻia nā kālā, nā kōpī pō, a me nā kōpī lepo e hana ʻia mai ka silk duppion. Hōʻolohe ʻia ka maikaʻi i kēlā me kēia puka.

Ua hauʻoli ʻia ka silk duppion no nā kūpuna he nui loa mai ka ua lawe ʻia e kona maikaʻi a me kona kualika. Ua hana ʻia maikaʻi a he mea hana pono, no laila ua hauʻoli ʻia. ʻO ka silk duppion kahi kapa hauʻoli ma nā lā kini nei, no ka mea e kau ʻole ai kona anu.
He nui ka hauʻoli ʻana i nā kii pākīkī a me nā holoku kālā, no ka mea he nui ka maikaʻi a me ka malu ʻana ʻana o ka silk duipion. He nui ka hana ʻana i ka pākīkī a me ka hana ʻana i ka malu, no laila he pono loa no nā holoku pō a me nā alakaʻi. He nui nā mōʻī wahine e pili ana i ka silk duppion no lākou holoku kālā no ka mea he kahiko a he aloha. Ua hana ʻia hoi i nā kapa kūpuna, e like me nā holoku prom.
Ma ke ʻano he kūkū o ka hana ʻana i ka silki duppion no ka hana ʻana i kahi kapa maikaʻi. ʻO ka silki spun, kahi hana kūpaʻa, kūkū ʻia ma nā māhele kūikawā e hana i ka hila a me ka ʻoia. ʻO ka hana kūkū e hoʻohana ʻia nei e hōʻike i ka hapa paha ʻo ka kapa, e hōʻoia ana ʻo kahi kūkū kiʻekiʻe e hana i kahi silki duppion e hōʻoluʻolu a he nani loa. ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka silki ma ka kūkū kahi kumukū e pono ai ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana i ka kapa maikaʻi loa.