He mea kūpaʻa ka silki no ka mea hana ʻia mai ka māmaki. He laha loa kona nohona, a he hana pākīkī kona maikaʻi. Ua ʻike ʻoe he aha ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka silki? E ʻōlelo aku au i kākou mea a pau e pakuʻi nei!
I ka wā kahiko, ma ka Haina kahiko, ua ʻike ʻia kekahi e hana i ka silki. Ua ʻike ʻia e silki silki e hana i nā pāpale. Ua hāmau loa lākou i kā lākou ʻike ma mua, akā, hope loa, ua ʻike ʻia kekahi mau kulanui o ka honua e hana i ka silki.
Loa ʻoe i hana ʻia ai ka maikaʻi? ʻO nā kōkua maikaʻi e ʻai i nā laʻau o nā laʻau mulberry, e hoʻopahu aku i ka maikaʻi no nā kōkua. Hoʻoponi ʻia ka kōkua maikaʻi i ka wai lānai no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā lālani maikaʻi. Hoʻopapa ʻia nā lālani a hoʻopili ʻia i ka pāhuki. Hoʻopunipuni ʻia ka pāhuki a hana ʻia i ka kapa. He lōʻihi aku kekahi, akā, he pono nō!
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi he laha loa a he hōʻemi, he nani loa ke ʻano e vika ai. He kālanakona pū no nā kanaka kūpāʻaina. ʻO nā kapa maikaʻi he nani a he ʻano hula, he pono no nā hōʻike kūikawā a i ʻole no ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā. He kaulana nui ke kālailai i nā kapa maikaʻi no ka mea e ola mau lākou a e nani mau lākou.

ʻAʻohe mea kekona no nā kapa wale. Hoʻohana ʻia kekona e hana i nā mea no kāu hale e like me nā kurtina, polila, a me nā pāpale. Ma kekahi kula: Hoʻohui kekona i ka hana hula. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā paheʻe kekona, nā kīkī a me nā mea hana hana e hoʻopunipuni ana me kāu look. Aia wale, kekona he mea hoʻohana pū, a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma nā ala like ʻole!
Pono kekona i ka hoʻomaha e like me ka maikaʻi. E ʻike mau i ka kīʻaha hoʻomaha o kāu kapa ma mua o kāu hauʻoli ʻana. Inā he hauʻoli kāu e hana, e hana i loko o ka wai anuanu, me ka pākīkī, a e luna i lalo e pāʻani. ʻAʻohe hoʻohana ʻia ʻo ka wai bleaching a i ʻole nā mea kemika ʻeha ma kekona no ka mea hiki ke kāpō ʻia ka pāpale. Hoʻoponopono ʻia nā kapa kekona ma kahi kānui a lōʻihi e hoʻopāʻani ʻia nā holoi a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻole. Paukū kekona a pau, inā hoʻomaha maikaʻi ʻoe iā lākou.
Ua ʻike ʻoe he nui ka hana ʻana i ka silki? He ʻoia mau mākou he silki mulberry, he laha laha a me ka silki satin, he laha laha kona nohona. A he silki chiffon hoʻi, he maikaʻi a he silki organza, he laha laha a he holo. Kekahi silki he mau like ʻole a me ka hoʻohana ʻole. Maikaʻi loa ka hoʻomaha i ka honua o ka silki a ʻike i nā poʻe a pau!