SILK Yarn, Fibres, Silkworm eggs
Six Natural Fibres for comparison: Mulberry Silk, Silk Noils, Tassar (Wild) Silk, Alpaca, Ramie and Wool.
A sample of unique English-reeled silk mounted on an information card with a silk cocoon, together with a colour picture of The Princess of Wales in her wedding dress, for which silk was supplied from the Lullingstone Silk Farm in 1981.
Pure Silk hanks These are English reeled 20/22 Denier raw silk hanks produced at the Lullingstone Silk Farm. These fine silk hanks were reeled on the same hand reeling machine, the only one in
A hank of Lullingstine English hand-reeled Silk £35.00
Silk Cocoon Collection
The diversity of shape, size, colour and texture of the Giant Silkmoth cocoons has to be seen to be believed.
We are offering collections of 100 cocoons empty (hatched) for students of entomology, sericulture and fabrics, and for spinners and weavers.
Collection of 100 cocoons, Ten species named (our selection) for £35.00
Twenty species named (our selection) for £55.00
SILKWORM EGGS Bombyx mori ZEBRA variety
This is not only an attractive variety to rear, with its ringed football shirt larvae, but it is hardy and very fast growing. The best rearing season is May to October. Eggs supplied from October onwards are for hatching in the following year.
We are listing for the first time a number of very differing races of Silkworm that produce varied coloured cocoons, and even have novelty coloured larvae. These are listed individually in their own section, and as collections of some of each variety, under the heading Current Livestock.
The best rearing season is May to October. Eggs supplied from October onwards are for hatching in the following year.
Although there are reports of using other foodplants, the only satisfactory food for silkworms is Mulberry. This is sometimes found in the gardens of large houses and old parsonages. Mulberry trees are available from larger nurseries. Any Morus species is suitable: White, Black or any other Mulberry. The larvae eat a lot, so make sure you have a good supply of leaves.
Keep the eggs refrigerated until the Mulberry buds open. In 4-6 weeks the larvae are spinning their cocoons.
Instructions are not sent with the eggs but they are given in the text when you click View and it can easily be copied and printed out.
Eggs of the ZEBRA Silkworm variety 20 for £8.95
50 eggs £12.50, 100 eggs £22.00, 250 eggs £35.00
See also the section devoted to other Silkworm Varieties.