Silkworms can be used to obtain String. The only way to get Silkworms is to use a <a data-proxy-href="/forums/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandacraft.org%2Fforums%2Fthreads%2Fcrooks.14%2F&hash=d2a802d231dd5e50cce4c9ae20d28970" rel="nofollow noopener" href="/crook">Crook</a> on leaves, which has a chance of dropping them. Once you have at least one Silkworm, you can right-click a leaf block to "infest" it. After about 100 seconds, the leaf block will turn into a Cobweb to indicate it's been infested and the infestation will spread out to any leaf blocks touching the infested block every 100 seconds. This continues until there are no more leaf blocks left to infest, so be careful not to accidentally infest any leaves that you don't want converted.<br /><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><img data-url="" data-zoom-target="1" alt="Silkworm Infestation" data-pagespeed-url-hash="1058764437" src="https://ik.imagekit.io/pandacraft/Tutorials/Silkworm/SilkwormInfestation_sYFaYiN7nX.png?updatedAt=1637422647728" onload="pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);" /><br /> </div>Once infested, you can break the cobweb with a sword to obtain String. You can also break it with a <a href="/crook">Crook</a> to obtain both String and another Silkworm, but it will take a long time to break. You can then use 9 String in a Workbench to craft a Cobweb.<br /><br />Alternatively, you can use either Shears or a sword with the Silk Touch enchantment to obtain the Cobweb directly without having to craft it with String.<br /><br />You can use Silkworms as compost in a <a data-proxy-href="/forums/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandacraft.org%2Fforums%2Fthreads%2Fbarrels.82%2F&hash=781e4f1815f4b68bc7f833d24c1d96b3" rel="nofollow noopener" href="/composter">Composter</a>.<br /><br />Silkworms are mainly designed as a way to get started in the <a data-proxy-href="/forums/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pandacraft.org%2Fforums%2Fthreads%2Fhard-mode.84%2F&hash=858bdb8ba3bb47986dd11813e497c504" rel="nofollow noopener" href="/hard-mode">Hard Mode</a> island.