Devin Helmen encourages you to conquer your fear of spinning silk and shares tips for spinning silk hankies and top.
What can you learn about cloth in the hands of experts? Linda Ligon shares a peek into her silk collection, and Judith offers her impressions of the tussah, bombyx, peduncle, and other silks she finds there.
What are you spinning right now? We'll bet it's not bananas!
A look at creating a rainbow of silk using natural dyes
Discover the delight in plying together two or more different singles to create a yarn that's more than the sum of its parts!
If we ever want to re-create our yarns or describe them to others, it’s important that we can record a yarn’s twist properties in a meaningful way.
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