I noticed one of the items for sale was fabric made with this silk and cotton. In light of our recent discussion on fibers, this fabric could have a problem when washed. The spun silk had no size notation. I think more details are needed to entice buyers.
I also noticed that no prices are listed on the webpage. I even clicked 'order' and only got a form page, which I did not fill out. Maybe they give the price after they get all your information. I wondered about the term Tussah, which I have seen before but didn't know what it meant. I found a webpage with this comment. " Wild silk is a coarser fiber than cultivated silk. Traditionally silk carpets are made of this. Because it grows free, without cultivation, and the silkworms diet is any leaf available, the natural color varies in shade from off-white to almost yellow." Does anyone have experience with Tussah silk? Alice in Oregon ----- Original Message ---- From: micki cameron <[email protected]> Kalahari Tussah is a development project in Namibia, Southern Africa, focusing on utilizing the cocoons of an indigenous African silk moth, Gonometa postica............. This initiative was born from the realization that a realistic solution had to be found to resolve the problem; that communities in the Kalahari are destitute with few opportunities for poverty alleviation; and that the silk cocoons represented a valued luxury natural fibre resource. The site is http://www.kalaharitussah.com/index.php - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
