On May 13, 2009, at 20:24, Alice Howell wrote:

Does anyone have experience with Tussah silk?

Only as a fabric and that close to 40yrs ago. It's stiffer and, usually, coarser than silk from cultivated (ie fed a regular diet of mulberry leaves) worms. Nice for furnishings and suits, not so nice for shirts and underwear.

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Tamara P Duvall                            http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA     (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)

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