Hi Alice,
My understanding as a spinner is that tussah silk is from worms which
eat a diet of any available leaf resulting in off-white/beige/yellowish
silk and that bombyx or mulberry silk is from worms which eat a diet of
mulberry leaves which results in white silk.
Vicki in Maryland
-----Original Message-----
From: Alice Howell <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wed, 13 May 2009 8:24 pm
Subject: Re: [lace] Wild silk - Tussah
Does anyone have experience with Tussah silk?
Alice in Oregon
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