Northwest Yarns

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  Know Your Fiber: Eri Silk

  Posted on July 02 2021

     Eri silk comes from the ailanthus moth (Samia cynthia ricini), a native to South Asia, and is one of only two domesticated species of silk moths in the world. It...

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  Know Your Fiber: Tussah Silk

  Posted on July 02 2021

     Tussah, tussar, tusar, tasar, and more… so many names for just one type of silk! Produced in only a few countries, tussah silk is perhaps best known as a wild...

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  Know Your Fiber: Silk

  Posted on September 02 2017

  The use of silk as a fiber is thought by most historians to have been developed in early China. Chinese legend has it that silk was discovered by Leizu, an empress...

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