Spinning Daily Publishes a Guide to Spinning Silk + Free Projects Using Silk Fiber

Spinning Daily announces its newest free eBook entirely dedicated to taking the spinner's perspective on silk fibers, how to prepare silk for spinning and includes four free projects using silk fiber for knitting, weaving, crochet and embroidery.
 
Dec. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Loveland, Colo.: The spinning experts from Spinning Daily have put together an informative eBook, available for download today. Along with silk spinning techniques, there are instructions for four beautiful projects, perfect for handspun silk.  The free guide to spinning silk covers characteristics of yarn spun from bombyx silk and tussah silk fibers and the steps to best spin the fiber with different techniques in mind. Bombyx mori silk is cultivated from a silk worm native to Eastern Asia. Tussah silk describes the wild silk cultivated from wild silk worms. Both silk fibers are very suitable for hand spinning, because of the long fibers, durability and dyeing capabilities.

The eBook can be downloaded online: http://www.spinningdaily.com/Spinning-Silk/

This eBook is packed with fascinating information and helpful tips for spinners of all skill levels. It covers the unexpected variety—from silk that produces a fuzzy yarn to silk that produces a thin lustrous yarn.  The free projects provide perspective on how to approach silk fiber differently depending on the project or technique.

Spinning Silk for Knitting by Carol Huebscher Rhoades

Carol Huebscher Rhoades shares her experience with spinning silk for knitting and how it inspired her to create a pattern for a useful item that was easy and quick to make. After some sampling with a beautifully dyed brick of bombyx silk, Carol decided that a cap would display the lace pattern she desired to use nicely and make a fairly easy project. Carol suggests that knitting silk fibers with bamboo or wood needles (be sure they are absolutely smooth) is easier than with metal needles, because silk is slippery.

Spinning Silk for Weaving by Mary Spanos

The most daunting aspect of this project might also be the most appealing aspect of the silk brick: those beautiful bright colors! While weaving her first satin weave with other fibers, Mary realized satin weave fabric could be a perfect solution to handle painted silk when wanting to preserve the color that compelled you to buy the silk in the first place. This project for weaving fabric from silk fiber explores the joys of weaving with handspun silk.

Spinning Silk for Crochet by Dodie Rush

In this project, spinners can place the order of colors in a yarn and control the length of color sections keeping one color distinct from another by Navajo-plying (making a three-ply yarn by chaining a single strand of yarn from one bobbin). The threads for these bracelets, cords, and samples are spun from dyed tops of tussah or bombyx silk. Learn the techniques used to crochet a bead rope bracelet from bombyx silk or tussah silk.

Spinning Silk for Embroidery by Carol Huebscher Rhoades
 
The Give Yourself a Medal! is a fun, simple embroidery project that requires a small amount of handspun embroidery thread.  A garment or a small handmade item can be dressed up with a little bit of handspun silk embroidery thread.

The eBook can be downloaded online: http://www.spinningdaily.com/Spinning-Silk/
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