Yodgorlik Silk Factory
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LaNyonsaise
West Midlands, UK1,041 contributions
May 2024 • Friends
We visited this with a very small group and arrived before the staff were expecting us. It is essentially a heritage museum to the silk industry, covering the raising of silk worms, extraction of the silk threads, spinning, dyeing and weaving in the labour intensive ways of the past.
It was very interesting, even though we have seen silk production in Cambodia and visited a very good museum in a former silk manufacturing village in the south of France.
With the help of our guide we were able to hear an explanation of all the stages from the women who worked there and ask any questions. They were very skilled in operating foot pedals whilst sending the shuttle flying across the threads. The looms were set up by a man, presumably better paid. The building where some old industrial looms were operating was exceptionally noisy and the workers did not have ear defenders.
There is no way that the handful of people we saw could produce the volume of goods for sale in the shop, so I expect that there is a more up to date factory elsewhere.
It was very interesting, even though we have seen silk production in Cambodia and visited a very good museum in a former silk manufacturing village in the south of France.
With the help of our guide we were able to hear an explanation of all the stages from the women who worked there and ask any questions. They were very skilled in operating foot pedals whilst sending the shuttle flying across the threads. The looms were set up by a man, presumably better paid. The building where some old industrial looms were operating was exceptionally noisy and the workers did not have ear defenders.
There is no way that the handful of people we saw could produce the volume of goods for sale in the shop, so I expect that there is a more up to date factory elsewhere.
Written May 11, 2024
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Dirk W
Alexandra Headland, Australia10,147 contributions
Oct 2022
Obviously this is a very touristic attraction, so expect high prices. But there are real artists here at work and the craftsmanship is exquisite. These skills date back thousands of years and are the true remnants of The Silk Road - it is important they are preserved. So visit the place, admire and support.
Written November 8, 2022
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Mamed Askerov
Tashkent, Uzbekistan584 contributions
Apr 2015 • Friends
It's an excellent place to see the process of making silk. It's worth a visit if you're in Margilan. IOn the other hand, their own products are more expensive in their store than at local bazaars in town (presumably, the same product from the same factory).
Written June 23, 2015
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marilynegarneau
Quebec City, Canada65 contributions
Mar 2018 • Solo
I want to share my experience with travellers who would be tempted to buy a carpet at Yodgorlik Factory. I bought a small silk carpet that cost me 800$US (way too expensive but that’s another story) unaware that you need a certificate to get a carpet out of the country (in case you buy an antique carpet it is forbidden to take it out of the country). The employees of the factory who knew very well about this certificate did not say a word about it and they let me go. I only found later about it and for three weeks beforeI left Uzbekistan I sent them emails and one of my guides phoned them many times so that they can send me this certificate by email but they never did. Now I am leaving Uzbekistan tomorrow and I don’t know what will happes at the customs. I read somewhere that the fines can be very heavy -up to 200$- that is if they don’t decide to keep the carpet. If I had known I would never have.bought this carpet from them.
Written April 11, 2018
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Nick B
Melbourne, Australia167 contributions
Sep 2019
The tour is great - seeing the manufacture of silk ikat from the raw materials (silkworms) through to looms and dying. You also see some wonderful silk carpets being made. But the shop at the end is disappointing as the prices are high even by Western standards. I assumed that the prices were intended to be bargained, but this was not the case and the salesman started to increase the prices when I suggested decreasing them. Shame - I had looked forward to coming here to get silk products that I should have bought less expensively elsewhere in Uzbekistan.
Written September 15, 2019
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Miriahm D
Boulder, CO1,075 contributions
Oct 2014 • Solo
This little factory shows you the making of silk from the beginning, steaming the cocoons, unraveling them, spinning them into usable threads, separating which will be used for delicate scarves, which for raw silk, and which for rugs.
There is also a place where rug making is shown. The young women sit in front of the looms knotting the rugs. Silk rugs, medium sized ones often take up to 2 years to complete. LOTS of knots.
There is something a "bit for show for the tourists" about this place as during the Soviet times it was a full on factory with major output, not a cute little natural dye, hand knotting place. Still it was very educational and interesting. The shop at the end of the tour has clothing, scarves, yardage and quite a few interesting little things for sale. Not cheap, but then it is good quality silk. I bought one scarf that is so delicate it probably should be displayed instead of being worn, but it is so delightful, as delicate as gauze but heavy as silk. It was called "wild and raw" silk and cost about $25. Too expensive, but I wish now I'd bought a few more. And although I did buy scarves in other places, this was the only place I saw quality yardage.
Do not believe Lonely Planet about Yodgorlik's arranging a place to stay. They don't. And that's too bad because Margolin appears not to have any open hotels at this time. Good luck with that. Maybe Kokland has open hotels.
There is also a place where rug making is shown. The young women sit in front of the looms knotting the rugs. Silk rugs, medium sized ones often take up to 2 years to complete. LOTS of knots.
There is something a "bit for show for the tourists" about this place as during the Soviet times it was a full on factory with major output, not a cute little natural dye, hand knotting place. Still it was very educational and interesting. The shop at the end of the tour has clothing, scarves, yardage and quite a few interesting little things for sale. Not cheap, but then it is good quality silk. I bought one scarf that is so delicate it probably should be displayed instead of being worn, but it is so delightful, as delicate as gauze but heavy as silk. It was called "wild and raw" silk and cost about $25. Too expensive, but I wish now I'd bought a few more. And although I did buy scarves in other places, this was the only place I saw quality yardage.
Do not believe Lonely Planet about Yodgorlik's arranging a place to stay. They don't. And that's too bad because Margolin appears not to have any open hotels at this time. Good luck with that. Maybe Kokland has open hotels.
Written February 16, 2015
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Justyna K
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Sep 2018 • Couples
The factory itself was very interesting and the guide in there spoke decent English. Definitely worth a visit if you are around. However be careful when buying in their store. We bought a tablecloth there, which was supposed to be 150x150. Our mistake we have not unfolded it in the shop. We wanted to use it today for dinner and surprise surprise it's way too small for our table. One dimension is more or less fine at approx. 150cm the other is something around 90cm.
Written November 25, 2018
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grcopley
Washington DC, DC22 contributions
Dec 2019
The Yodgorlik pure silk factory in Margilan, a 2,000-year-old city on the Great Silk Road, in the Ferghana Valley of Uzbekistan not only keeps the "silk" in the "Silk Road", it gives great inspiration. Watch as the silk is carefully spun from the cocoons of the factory's own mulberry trees, and then washed and dyed, and brought together in exquisite fabrics for either clothing or personal items, or for silk carpets. People toil for months, or a year, to produce a silk rug of quality no longer thought possible, and yet the prices are, for all this labour, remarkably low. Margilan is a wonderful setting for this craftsmanship, and it reminds us that all progress in our machine age must continue to be inspired by the artistry and craftsmanship of such perfectionists as those who continue to ply their craft at the looms of Yodgorlik. What a contribution they make to the 21st Century by reminding us of the value of a devotion to excellence and beauty.
Written December 19, 2019
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kterziyski
Plovdiv, Bulgaria88 contributions
Aug 2019
Though the Silk Road was much more than just silk, you may not miss visiting a silk factory, where traditional techniques are still in use. There is a small shop inside, where you may buy some really nice scarves. Though previous comments stated that prices were inflated, we did not experience such a thing. Scarves cost 5-20 Euro each which is absolutely adequate for the quality. Of course, we were in a kind of a touristic off-season, which probably meant something.
Written August 20, 2019
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944FrequentTraveller
London, UK121 contributions
Jul 2016 • Friends
A great tour showing the silk production process from start to finish. The factory is set in spacious grounds and you can wander into all of the working areas. There's a nice shop at the end of the tour where you can see the scarves that are made here for Uzbekistan Airways.
Written August 14, 2016
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Hi, did you have to book a tour for the Yodgorlik Silk factory for example through tripadvisor or can you visit it yourself?
Thanks!
Written May 22, 2022
Hi, does someone know if there will be a guide who will explain you all the process or will I have to book? I don't need it for a full tour of fergana valley but only for this factory.
Written April 3, 2020
I have the same question - does anyone know?
Written May 22, 2022
Is it possible to visit as a day trip from Tashkent?
Written October 10, 2018
Probably not, because from Tashkent to Margilan its about 350 km and 5-6 hours on a car. But if u decide to travel to Margilan, during a trip u can see a Kamchik mountains, taste a mountain shashlik (kebab)
Written November 10, 2018
Hi there could someone please tell me what their opening times are and which days of the week ?
Thank you
Written October 17, 2017
I think they are open all the time, ie 9-5. We were there on a Sunday and they were open. Maybe they aren't out of the Tourist season.
They do have a website, but that does say shut on Sunday! Not when we were there.
Well worth seeing and the goodies in the shop are a fraction of what you would pay in Europe
Written October 19, 2017
Does the company sell clothes and fabrics?
If you sell clothes --
What kind of clothes?
For example harem pants, tunics, jackets, dresses???
And you sell fabric by the metre?
What is the width?
Written October 15, 2016
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