Natural Tussah Silk - 16oz Lopi Yarn General everyday needle felting work

General everyday needle felting work at a desk or workbench

Dyeing: Use extract on mordanted fiber at 5-10% WOF

Cochineal is the female insect of Dactylopius coccus that colonize the prickly pear (nopal) cactus native to Mexico

The pretty flower dies after two days

airy background tone in nuno and flat felt pieces

Natural Tussah Silk - 16oz Lopi Yarn General everyday needle felting workNatural Tussah Silk Natural Tussah Silk is a wild silk. Made from wild tussah silk worms who eat juniper leaves and oak. As the silk is produced in the wild and not in a controlled environment the silk tends to be courser and less lustrous than Mulberry silk. Tussah silk is suitable for soap making, paper making, spinning or adding to felt projects. Natural Honey color.