Hapana mubvunzo kuti sirika ipurasitiki inoyevedza uye yakanaka inoshandiswa nevapfumi munharaunda. Mumakore apfuura, kushandiswa kwayo mumapillowcases, mamasiki emaziso, mapijamas, uye masikafu kwave kuchigamuchirwa munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzepasi rose.

Pasinei nekuzivikanwa kwayo, vanhu vashoma chete ndivo vanonzwisisa kuti machira esiriki anobva kupi.

Jira resirika rakatanga kugadzirwa muChina Yekare. Zvisinei, mienzaniso yesirika yekutanga iripo inogona kuwanikwa mukuvapo kweprotein yesirika fibroin mumienzaniso yevhu kubva kumakuva maviri panzvimbo yeNeolithic muJiahu muHenan, kubvira mugore ra85000.

Munguva yeOdyssey, 19.233, Odysseus, achiedza kuvanza kuti ndiani, mudzimai wake Penelope akabvunzwa nezvembatya dzemurume wake; akataura kuti aipfeka shati inopenya seganda rehanyanisi yakaomeswa zvinoreva kunaka kwejira rechisiriki.

Umambo hweRoma hwaikoshesa sirika zvikuru. Saka vakatengesa sirika inodhura zvikuru, iyo iri sirika yekuChina.

Sirika ipuroteni chaiyo; zvikamu zvikuru zvepuroteni yesiririka ifibroin. Makonye ezvimwe zvipembenene anoburitsa fibroin kuti agadzire makonye. Semuenzaniso, sirika yakapfuma kwazvo inowanikwa kubva kumakonye ekonye resirika remulberry rinorerwa nenzira yekurima sericulture (kurerwa nekuvharirwa).

Kurerwa kwembwa dzesilkworm kwakaita kuti silk ibudiswe mumabhizimisi. Dzinowanzo berekerwa kuti dzigadzire shinda yesilk ine ruvara ruchena, isina zvicherwa pamusoro. Parizvino, silk yava kugadzirwa yakawanda nekuda kwezvinangwa zvakasiyana-siyana.