... Noro Chirimen #2, 60% Wool, 24% Silk, 16% Cotton. Mitred cap using hand-dyed ... , Fleece Artist 50% wool and 50% silk roving, dyed with elder berries. Left - ... % alum as mordants. Hand-dyed roving, Tussah silk combed top. Dyed with black walnut ... . Middle - KnitPick Bare Merino Wool, Silk fingering weight - 70% Merino Wool, ... Silken Twist, 50% wool, 30% silk, 20% nylon. Right - Cascade Yarns - Cascade 220 ...

... quickly to exotic blends. Yes, we used exotic fibers, like Yak, silk and bamboo. We also cut up some thrums from my latest weaving project, threw ... . I made twelve inches of an amazing yarn with cut tussah silk, yak and cut up warp threads. We broke ... - literally some fibers left from previous projects, plus some handpainted silk and some angelina flash. Another team had an all white mix of silk, ...

... out my knitting basket recently, and had a pile of bombyx and tussah silk top that I’d dyed mahogany still piled ... pink merino wool, and making “bumps” here and there of the silk. It reminds me of a medieval dress. Since my mother-in-law was on ... for this yarn. I made the slub on my Clemes, spun the silk on my Ashford Traditional, and plied them together with the wild flyer and big ...

... fiber from Rovings in the apple colorway (couldn't.resist.) Two ounces of a polworth/silk blend from A Verb for Keeping Warm Two ounces of a baby alpaca/cashmere blend ... G. Komen for the Cure and SOAR scholarship fund. It is eight ounces of a BBFL and Tussah Silk mix from Ashalnd Bay. Once I get my projects from class organized I'll share them in pieces on this blog. My computer is on the ...

I just got my first Sip'n'Stitch package. It's awesome. Love the yarn (Luxe base: 75/25 sw merino/tussah silk)! The color will most likely grow on me. I'm not usually a fan of browns, but the gold in this is just so pretty. And that's also a part of the fun of being in a club: getting something that I wouldn't ...

... did. I have woven a twill using a blend of possum/merino and alpaca/merino. The little orange stripe that you see is tussah silk. It is very soft and light and is destined to become a warm cot blanket, I think, or perhaps a lap rug for my Mum when she is out and about in her wheelchair in the winter.I am thinking I might do a similar ...

... as replacement of wool. Alpaca Various weaves, knits and weights. Fine, silk-like, soft, lightweight, and warm. Men's and Women' ... evening wear: suits and coats, slips, ribbons, blouses, dresses. Tussah Usually plain but also in twill. It is coarse, strong, and uneven. Dull lustre and rather ...