peace silk

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I'm thinking about raising silk worms so that I can spin my own silk from their cocoons.  The silk I'm interested in making is called Peace Silk.  You don't have to kill the moth pupa to make it. They get to live out their lifecycle and you still get the silk :)

Has anyone done this before?  I've been reading about it and researching it and evidently, the silk is really awesome and the spun yarn is really soft and simple to dye.

I've always wanted to try this, but killing the moths has always held me back.  With peace silk the mass murder isn't necessary and the adult moths are flightless, don't eat and only live for a week. During that week, they mate and lay more eggs which are the "seeds" for your next silk harvest.

I went to http://www.aurorasilk.com/raisesilk/index.shtml and read through the tutorial, but I'm still looking for first person accounts.