hand-dyed blue/purple silk hankie from SpinKnit
I have these gorgeous silk hankies coming from SpinKnit. Annie is a dear friend of mine who has recently discovered that she is an amazing fiber artist! She has many other talents as well. She’s currently selling lots of hand dyed and spun natural fibers to fund a trip to help build houses in Mexico. See her story about her previous trip. So in her description she says:
These “hankies” or “mawata” are great for spinning, felting, needlework, pulling thin and knitting straight from the fiber or many other projects.
While I do have an old hand spindle around somewhere I really do not know how to spin. I’ve done a little felting with wool, never tried it with silk. I’m not so great at knitting either! Any suggestions for me?? What would you do with these beauties?
hand-dyed silk hankie in yellow and orange from SpinKnit
hand-dyed silk hankie in blue-green from SpinKnit
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yes, I think you did actually! Drafting is just using your hands? I might have to do that, I can’t find that old drop spindle. I’m scared of it anyway. Remember I don’t know all the jargon, I can barely follow what you are talking about!
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did i promise to make you a spinning video? oh mannnnn… i am so far behind, i am first!
now.. the silk hankies don’t actually have to be spun. the staple length is so long that you can draft them, and knit (or crochet) them as is (with a shorter staple length the fiber would need to be spun our it would drift apart). if you wanted to spin, then you could do several singles, and then ply them… combine colours. i am looking for a pattern for you that isn’t a mobius.. a cowl would be great (i love mine).
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