A philosophy of many eastern religions, stating that humans should refrain from inflicting suffering on others, including non-human and even non-animal life. In this process silk worm can complete their life cycle and finally fly away as a beautiful butterfly.
cocccon crafts & loom is the fastest growing manufacturer of organically produced peace Silk. Cocoons are all allowed to hatch and breed, and the silk is processed from the hatched cocoons. In some cases, the cocoons can be pierced or cut open and the butterfly tipped out.
This process saves lives of beautiful silk moths but also requires 1/4rd of the water for degumming compared to conventional silk. Since cocoons are without impurities, need of using hard-metal chemicals related to killing germs or removing impurities are also not required. These moths have a short but very significant life span. Moths contribute in local Pollination similar as Bees means very important for local botanical life cycle. Increase in production of peace silk has seen increase in local pollination and resulted in return of many lost botanical species.
1. Mullberry Silk is raised mostly indoor in cottages without using any chemical spray, right up to the point where the cocoons would be stifled, or processed with heat, in order to kill the pupa and keep it from breaking through the cocoon. Peace cocoons are all allowed to hatch and breed, and the silk is processed from the hatched cocoons. In some cases, the cocoons can be pierced or cut open and the pupa tipped out.
2. Tussar Silk is produced from larvae of several species of silk worms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea, including Antheraea mylitta, Antheraea pernyi, Antheraea roylei and Antheraea yamamai.
These silkworms live in the wild forest in trees belonging to Asan, Arjun, Jamun, easily found in Jharkhand, eating off the leaves of the trees they live on. Once caterpillar becomes cocoon, they are collected from trees and then hanged vertically with jute strings from the ceiling of a big hall till butterflies comes out of cocoons themselve. But most of the time cocoons are pierced or cut open carefully.Tussar is valued for its rich texture and natural deep gold color. Katia, Ghicha and Matka are produced from raptured tussar cocoon.
Noil is the short fiber left over from combing or spinning silk. Silk noil is also called “raw silk”. As noil is a relatively short fiber.
3. Eri Silk comes from the worm samia cynthia ricini. Eri silk is a staple fiber, unlike other silks, which are continuous filament. The texture of the fabric is coarse, fine and dense. It is very strong, durable and elastic.
Due to its thermal property it is warm in winter and cool in summer. The eri silk worm can also be culivated and hatched non violently as Bombyx mori.
4. Muga Silk is a variety of wild silk, known for its extreme durability and has a natural yellowish-golden tint with a shimmering, glossy texture. It was previously reserved for the use of royalty and also for high class Buddhist priests. Cultivation is done organically and non-violently similar to eri.