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The Bonnie Lassies Burrow at Cottontail Hill
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The Feeding Frenzy, Day 31
Catherine GentryJune 21, 2026
Housing Silk Worms
Catherine GentryJune 5, 2026
The tree arrived before the worms
Catherine GentryJune 4, 2026silk worms, raising silk worms, mulberry trees in Rome, Pliny, Apicius, Mulberry TreeComment
How do you travel 4,000 miles with a silk worm?
Catherine GentryJune 2, 2026
Location, Location, Location
Catherine GentryJune 1, 2026
The first ten days of feeding worms
Catherine GentryMay 28, 2026
40 days and 40 nights
Catherine GentryMay 27, 2026silk worms, worm spitComment
A Silk Coif for a Baroness
Catherine GentryMay 26, 2026
GLFF UARC Bunny Business
Catherine GentryMay 25, 2026
Day 7, back from Wooster
Catherine GentryMay 25, 2026
Too cold to eat
Catherine GentryMay 21, 2026
Ants attack!
Catherine GentryMay 20, 2026
Worms don't care about rain
Catherine GentryMay 20, 2026
Ode to my third year of worms
Catherine GentryMay 19, 2026

Follow my adventures in raising and weaving at

Notes on Silk Worms

 

Catherine’s tablet weaving projects crafted with the Ohio grown silk worms.

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In 2024, I raise 1,650 silk worms into usable cocoons! (A big number for a beginner)

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In 2025, I raised 300 silk worms into usable cocoons for my weaving projects.

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