The story of silk is full of the extraordinary. First Paraguay and Suriname have caterpillars larger than any in Europe, ...

Unlike worm silk, each thread of lotus silk starts with the stem of the lotus flower, and every single thread must be extracted by hand. Each stem contains a minuscule amount of thin stick fibers ...

After 45 days of munching and growing, the worms are ready to mature ... Filaments are joined to create a thread thick enough to weave into fabric. One yard of silk fabric costs approximately ...

The new variant is being showcased at the 19th Toshali Mela, which commenced on Wednesday at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar ...

It highlights the dedication of farmers who cultivate mulberry trees to feed silk worms, emphasizing the labor-intensive cycle from raising the worms to spinning silk from their cocoons.

Since then, fabric has always intrigued me. The beauty of simple threads to the riches of a silk worm’s labor on the runways of Paris and Milan, I appreciate the love and handiwork turned into a ...

Pharmaceutical giant Kowa Co. said it has created an exceptionally durable and environmentally friendly new textile from the gossamer silk of bagworm moth larvae. In its Nov. 20 announcement, Kowa ...