Paradise Fibers Natural Peduncle Silk Top Louet Spinning Wheels 10 and 15:1

10 and 15:1

There are two types of silk- cultivated and wild

A beautiful floor loom with a parallel counter-march and our floating breast beam to provide consistent warp tension

not a pair

The conveniently located heddle blocks on the sides of the loom hold the rigid heddle in the up

Paradise Fibers Natural Peduncle Silk Top Louet Spinning Wheels 10 and 15:1The cocoons of wild tropical Tussah Silkworms in the tropics of India look different than other types of Tussah. The worm starts by spinning a Peduncle or very stiff stem, much like the stem of an apple. They attach this stem around a branch of the tree that they feed on by constructing a silk ring. After one full day of making the Peduncle, they finally start to spin their cocoon. The Peduncle is a very dark natural black color and is extremely stiff