Working with Silk Hankies | Free Tutorial

Chances are you already have a couple of dyed silk hankies tucked away in your stash—perhaps they were too alluring to pass up, even though you weren’t quite sure what to do with them. Silk fiber can be slippery and challenging to spin, but spinning silk hankies or mawata is a whole different experience. In their article “Spinning Basics” from Spin Off Winter 2006, Amanda and Amy explored three types of silk yarn to make from hankies.

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