Degummed Mulberry Silk Cocoons for Spinning Felting Dyeing Cultivated Bombyx Fiber Fibers Undyed

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These are de-gummed grade A Mulberry silk cocoons from Bombyx mori silk moths. The cocoons are pretty clean, but in the one picture you see that there are little bits here and there from the shed skin of the caterpillars or pupae. Overall very clean and perfect.

I have raised Bombyx mori silk caterpillars for the last few years, and it has really given me such an appreciation for the amazing silk that we can buy at every stage of process. The sericin protein that the caterpillars put on the silk when they spin their cocoons make the cocoons stiff. The cocoons can range from white to yellow to orange and pinkish. This colored sericin needs to be removed (de-gummed) so that the silk fiber is no longer stiff and you get the really, soft, silky lustrous protein fiber underneath that we all love.

It takes a little effort to get the silk de-gummed this perfectly, because I've tried de-gumming silk cocoons that I've raised and it's not so simple! So, I really appreciate how amazingly clean and perfect these silk cocoons are, and how they are ready to be dyed or spun.
Quantity:
Priced and sold by 2, 4 or 8 oz. Select quantity from the drop down box.

These are de-gummed grade A Mulberry silk cocoons from Bombyx mori silk moths. The cocoons are pretty clean, but in the one picture you see that there are little bits here and there from the shed skin of the caterpillars or pupae. Overall very clean and perfect.

I have raised Bombyx mori silk caterpillars for the last few years, and it has really given me such an appreciation for the amazing silk that we can buy at every stage of process. The sericin protein that the caterpillars put on the silk when they spin their cocoons make the cocoons stiff. The cocoons can range from white to yellow to orange and pinkish. This colored sericin needs to be removed (de-gummed) so that the silk fiber is no longer stiff and you get the really, soft, silky lustrous protein fiber underneath that we all love.

It takes a little effort to get the silk de-gummed this perfectly, because I've tried de-gumming silk cocoons that I've raised and it's not so simple! So, I really appreciate how amazingly clean and perfect these silk cocoons are, and how they are ready to be dyed or spun.