I ❤️ Fibers

September 16, 2022
Most eri silk is white; however, Philosamia ricini silkworms, raised in the Goalpara District of Assam, India (and a few other locations) are red-gold. Nearly 10 years ago...

August 19, 2022
We had a chance to play with dyeing some silk and silk/blend sliver this month. Based on your votes ...

August 19, 2022
We packaged our hand-dyed bombyx cocoons and our colored bombyx cocoons. What is the difference?

July 22, 2022
We are so excited to introduce these two **new** varieties of oraganic wild tasar mawata cakes from India! What is tasar?

June 17, 2022
For this year, we are conferring honorary "65 Roses status" to all of our Salt Spring Island (SSI) colorways for June.

June 17, 2022
Long overlooked, this silk blend is relatively inexpensive and blends beautifully with wool and other fibers.

January 07, 2013
We carry five different wild cocoons (in addition to our Bombyx or cultivated cocoons).

January 12, 2011
Diane de Souza spun silk sliver to make samples for us. Treenway Silks' hand-dyed tussah sliver is either tonal or variegated. Diane prefers the tonal to a straight solid as it gives more depth to the finished yarn and is more interesting (mentally) to spin.