"Silk" Blogs & Blog Posts

If it feels like Amazon’s Prime Day was just three months ago...that’s because it was. But for the next 48 hours (October 10 and 11), Amazon Prime members can enjoy another Prime Day that the corporation is calling Prime Big Deal Days. The Deals...

Non-dairy creamers and vegan milks have finally made it. Baristas don’t bat an eyelash when you request them, and most grocery stores stock a wide variety of alt-milks. But when it comes to coffee on-the-go, big containers just aren’t convenient,...

Making Patan patola saris is a centuries-old craft, and now only a handful of companies produce them.

I knew silkworms in captivity had a hard life, I just wasn't prepared to see actual footage of the process. After dining on leaves and sleeping for a month, they then spin their wormy hearts out to create silk fiber for their cocoon. — Read the...

We’re so used to seeing finished products, it’s hard to imagine that they were once anything else. But nails, staples, springs, and chains all started life as spools of wire, and a bunch of other household objects and foods have even more surpris...

A kimono made by Japanese company Chiso can take over six months to make and can cost over $10,000. Here's why it's so expensive.

Silk craft villages have dotted Vietnam for hundreds of years. One village, Nam Cao, banded together to save its traditional livelihood.