Symbolism help

[wolfshark]

I'm working on a prayer shawl for my mom. I'm crocheting it in Paton's Silk and Bamboo combined with Lime and Violet's Intention yarn, which is wool.

I'd like to write a letter to mom to go with the shawl when it's finished, explaining the symbolism. Here's the problem - I can find a lot on the symbolism of bamboo, but not much for silk or wool. Apparently my google-fu is weak.

Can all you fabulous crafters help me out?

Comments

[aquaeri]

On wool, I agree a lot with dpfesh. On silk, what I like is its "feminine" strength - it's an incredibly strong fibre, and yet it looks beautiful and feels - "soft" isn't the right word exactly, but non-rough, smooth, pleasing to touch.