I made this! Update
I received the above in a spindle spinning swap on the internet.
Top left: many layers of silk cocoons, spread into a kind of hankie shape and dyed pretty colors.
Bottom right: wool and sparkly stuff ready to become yarn, with the use of the spindle (sitting atop wool).
Some time later (ok, lots of time later. I had some zombie Shakespeare to facilitate in the meantime), this is what I ended up with:
...about 144 yards of very fine (and difficult to photograph) silk.
I find it to be quite pretty. No idea what I'm doing with it.