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Wild silk
Silk comes in different varieties. An important difference between common (mulberry) silk and wild silk is that the mulberry silkworms are reared on silk farms, whereas wild silk is harvested from cocoons from butterflies living in the wild.
The cocoon of wild silkworms has a coarse, irregular, yellow-golden yarn. Although it lacks the shine of common silk, wild silk has a thicker structure and looks more robust than farmed silk.
Counting Flowers offers scarves and shawls from wild silk, coloured with natural dye. The scarves are handwoven by female artisans from Ny Tanintsika.
Care instructions for wild silk
Please follow the care instructions for mulberry silk.
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Alpaca wool
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Cashmere
Cashmere is the queen of wool fibres. Cashmere, also know as pashmina, is one of the most luxurious and rare fibres that exist. More about Cashmere
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Cotton
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Linen
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Lotus silk
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Merino wool
Merino wool is super soft and comfortable in summer and winter. More about Merino wool
Mohair
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Sheep's wool
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Silk
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Yak wool
Yak wool is soft, flexible, very comfortable and warm. Scarves and shawls made from pure yak wool are hard to find outside the Himalayan region. More about Yak wool