In general, a silk press will take around 2 to 2.5 hours to do, Stephen says. Washington and Stephen both recommend letting a couple of weeks pass between silk presses.

Jan. 31 -- It may be impossible to craft a silk purse from a sow's ear. But one day, it may be possible to fashion a silk bulletproof vest from, of all things, goat's milk.

On a recent episode of the ‘Odd Lots’ podcast, Sarah LaFleur, founder of M.M. LaFleur, sounded the alarm that silk is about to get harder to find. We rounded up the still-available, Strategist ...