10-25-2010, 12:46 PM
One of the other people on the island with angoras is doing just that. He's mixing it almost 50/50 angora/silk so the finished yarn won't work up into things that are quite so warm. Angora, other than being incredibly soft, is also incredibly warm.
I think you can get mulberry trees from Plant-it-Hawaii, if not there, somewhere locally at least. Mulberries are pretty good for jams and pies, too, so you can feed the leaves to the silkworms and save the berries for your own use.
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Kurt Wilson
I think you can get mulberry trees from Plant-it-Hawaii, if not there, somewhere locally at least. Mulberries are pretty good for jams and pies, too, so you can feed the leaves to the silkworms and save the berries for your own use.
Kurt Wilson
Kurt Wilson