PaperMaking from Plants:
Milkweed Down Paper

I collected milkweed down from neglected pods languishing in my carport. Any unopened (but ripe) pod was opened in a pan of water. If it hadn't been 20 degrees as I tried to grab the gusting fluff and hold the water pan, it would have been much easier.... LOL! Other effort, separating the seeds... again I just let it soak and tugged seeds out. I soaked it for a couple of weeks in plain water, while I worked to separate seeds from it.

The strands were a pearly silky white. When I added washing soda to the water and strands before cooking, they turned yellow and remained that color throughout the cooking and post cooking rinsing.



Subkingdom Tracheobionta - Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta - Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

Subclass Asteridae -

Order Gentianales -

Family Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed family

Genus Asclepias L. - milkweed

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