In a message dated 8/7/2005 2:12:13 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Commercial silk farmers do kill the larvae so that the cocoons can be reeled (unwound). I don't much care for the thought of that, either. (OTOH, I'm not about to stop buying silk.) However, in my own experience, not all the cocoons hatch, anyway. So, I let things go as they will, and those that do not hatch can be reeled, and those that do can be washed and carded. No loss! ;-) Margaret, I'm wondering if you could tell me/us a bit more about handspinning silk? Do you use a drop spindle? Is silk hard to card and spin? What do you do with your thread once it's spun (make lace? :<)) And if you don't mind, a bit more about growing silkworms too!
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