ERI SILK

About:

• Eri silk comes from the caterpillar of Samia ricini, found in northeast India and some parts of China, Japan.
  
  
• The name "eri" is derived from the Assamese word "era", which means "castor", as the silkworm feeds on castor plants.
  
  
• Eri silk is also known as endi or errandi in India.
  
  
• The woolly white silk is often referred to as the fabric of peace when it is processed without killing the silkworm. This process results in a silk called Ahimsa silk. Moths leave the cocoon and then the cocoons are harvested to be spun.
  
  
• The eri silkworm is the only completely domesticated silkworm other than Bombyx mori.