Monday, October 15, 2007

MG: spinning silk hankies

last time i saw Kitty Kitty, we were fresh from seeing this youtube video on spinning silk hankies. (there is also a good tutorial on Knitty.) we were curious and fascinated. and two spinners together are meant for attempting new techniques. so, Kitty Kitty pulled out a beautiful cochineal-dyed hankie from her trip to Maryland Sheep and Wool in 2006. and we spun.

layers of stretched silk cocoons

a thin layer peeled and predrafting

predrafted into translucent loops

Kitty Kitty drafting back at an angle...

...then feeding forward w/ a shortdraw

me, backwards worsted draft

still me

our shiny thread on the bobbin
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3 comments:

  1. Mia10/16/2007 9:02 AM

    It is nice to see that both of you are using some of the fiber from MDS&W. The silk looks pretty.

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  2. Mouse10/16/2007 10:43 AM

    I bought some silk hankies from MDSW too.. though they've just sat in the fiber bin since then. I really need to get them out and play with them.

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  3. fluffbuff10/16/2007 11:51 AM

    That is beautiful. If only there was enough time in the day for both spinning and knitting. I find that I can only really get stuff done with one craft hobby.

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