Silk Hankies Mawata Degummed Mulberry Silk 2, 4 or 8oz for Spinning Felting Dyeing Knitting Cultivated Bombyx Fiber Fibers Undyed

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Priced and sold by 2, 4 or 8 oz. Select quantity from the drop down box.

These are de-gummed grade A Mulberry silk hankies, also called Mawata, from Bombyx mori silk moths. These silk hankies are made by degumming the silk cocoons of the sericin that coats the silk fibers and then stretching each single cocoon onto a frame, so that the many layers of stretched cocoons are laid down one on top of the other.

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 hankies 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 hankies, also called Mawata, from Bombyx mori silk moths. These silk hankies are made by degumming the silk cocoons of the sericin that coats the silk fibers and then stretching each single cocoon onto a frame, so that the many layers of stretched cocoons are laid down one on top of the other.

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 hankies are, and how they are ready to be dyed or spun.