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Silk Worm Moth
"Nature finds a way"...

Yesterday I made some more web-fine experiments with raw silk fibres and #threads. I use cocoon strippings from pure mulberry silk which still contain a lot of #Sericin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sericin It's one of the proteins the silkworms use to "glue" their cocoons. You can imitate the process of connecting the fibres with heat. #fibreart #FiberArt #silkcocoons #rawSilk #web #cobweb #silk #silkworms @fibrearts

Yesterday I made some more web-fine experiments with raw silk fibres and #threads. I use cocoon strippings from pure mulberry silk which still contain a lot of #Sericin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sericin It's one of the proteins the silkworms use to "glue" their cocoons. You can imitate the process of connecting the fibres with heat. #fibreart #FiberArt #silkcocoons #rawSilk #web #cobweb #silk #silkworms @fibrearts

Yesterday I made some more web-fine experiments with raw silk fibres and #threads. I use cocoon strippings from pure mulberry silk which still contain a lot of #Sericin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sericin It's one of the proteins the silkworms use to "glue" their cocoons. You can imitate the process of connecting the fibres with heat. #fibreart #FiberArt #silkcocoons #rawSilk #web #cobweb #silk #silkworms @fibrearts

Yesterday I made some more web-fine experiments with raw silk fibres and #threads. I use cocoon strippings from pure mulberry silk which still contain a lot of #Sericin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sericin It's one of the proteins the silkworms use to "glue" their cocoons. You can imitate the process of connecting the fibres with heat. #fibreart #FiberArt #silkcocoons #rawSilk #web #cobweb #silk #silkworms @fibrearts

Yesterday I made some more web-fine experiments with raw silk fibres and #threads. I use cocoon strippings from pure mulberry silk which still contain a lot of #Sericin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sericin It's one of the proteins the silkworms use to "glue" their cocoons. You can imitate the process of connecting the fibres with heat. #fibreart #FiberArt #silkcocoons #rawSilk #web #cobweb #silk #silkworms @fibrearts

#December 2, 1707
#OTD Johann Hecker, #German #Theologian & #Educator is born.

Johann installed #Gardens at his #Schools to teach hands-on #Botany.

Johann taught the #Cultivation of the #Mulberry #Tree.

This was a #Strategic move on his part since the production of #Silk & the care of #Silkworms found #Favor with the #King of #Prussia, #Frederick the #Great.

Thanks to Johann, both #Teachers & #Students tended the large #Mulberry #Plantation & learned the culture of silk & #Mulberries.

#introduction - My name is Peggy Truett and I raise both #mulberry trees and #bombyxmori #silkworms . The #ethicalsilk is retrieved without harming the caterpillars, pupas or moths. This #silk is then processed and spun into lace-weight yarn for #knitting #crocheting and #weaving .