Jaipur Peace Silk

Product Information Material: 100% silk (Eri) Yardage: 300m/50g Needle: 2-3 mm Gauge: 24 = 10 cm Material Consumption for women's jumper size M: 300g Washing instructions: hand wash onlyAttention: yarn may bleed On an Eri silk worm farm in the Northeast of Thailand, the raw material for this wonderful silk yarn is harvested in a totally cruelty-free way: The cocoons of the Eri silkworm, which is a different breed than the mulberry silk worm. It lives for example on Maniok plants and spins a different kind of cocoon. The worm "eats his way out of the cocoon" and flies away before the cocoon is harvested by hand and then cooked to gain the precious thread. In the case of mulberry silk, the cocoons are cooked with the silk worms inside in order to obtain an endless thread. As far as our research shows, we are the only brand that offers this precious and eco-friendly yarn for the hand-knitting industry.Eri silk has a subtle shimmer but is not as shiny as mulberry silk, because the thread