#silk yarn

[daybr43ks-lam8]

[emyr chitters and squeaks quietly, happily munching on an apple]

[Sun's contently sleeping. He seems better now, hugging tightly to Rutz and a plush frog.]

#asks #Silk yarn

[amimere]

tdf update 2

[ID in ALT]

tdf project 2 is done! its another small skein, but this time its spun from 100% sari-silk

#my stuff #fiber art #tdf #tdf 2023 #tour de fleece #handspun yarn #hand spinning #silk yarn #next up: the sock yarn from last years leftover batts #its a larger project tho so it will be a bit before the next update #also this pic had me scrambling all around the grandma house looking for props #i think it turned out well #also also tumblr let me post images from mobile again so thats nice of them

[twosharpmice]

Our newest yarn is now available in our etsy shop! This one is called "Sunburst". It's 100% mulberry silk.

#our-handspun #mulberry silk #handspinning #handspun yarn #silk yarn #fiber art #orange aesthetic

[wolveshowlatnight]

I've got some silk thread and no idea what to do with it. It's really thin, 50gr/500m, and I thought maybe some lacy kind of crochet shawl, but I can't find a pattern I like.

#fiber crafts #crochet #silk yarn #fiber craft problems #I also thought about weaving it #or using it for bead work #but I have four skeins so that's a lot of bead work

[chaoticbooklesbian]

Top 5 fave skeins of yarn you have? (Is skein the right word? I know nothing about yarn)

Skein is correct! These are all technically hanks, but people will also call them skeins and that's kind of correct as well, so -shrug-

Anyway, these are in no particular order, but I've been thinking about this all day:

Cloudborn Pima Cotton DK in Burgundy - this one is on here because it's going to be part of a Huge Maroon Sweater, which is something I value having and haven't had a casual version of since college, which is devastating to me

SweetGeorgia FlaxenSilk Fine in Strawberry Tea - I mean. It's strawberry. It's pinky-purpley. It's soft. I have two skeins of this color in total, because it's going in a shawl with...

SweetGeorgia FlaxenSilk Fine in Rainbow Sprinkles - I've had this for years, and initially got it to make socks with, then decided to make gloves, then decided to just chuck it in a shawl and have done with it. And also, that name. Need I say more?

BzyPeach Pima Cotton DK in Jamun Plum - I've also had this one for years, it keeps getting reassigned from project to project. It was supposed to go with some dark grey yarn as a colorwork project, but that got cannibalized for a test knit, so now I have two skeins of this and nothing to do with them. I am accepting ideas, including getting more yarn to pair it with.

LeRoo Cotton Pima Cotton Fingering in Rainbow Brite - did I save the best for last? Probably. I have a couple skeins of this, and will be using them in a colorwork yoke sweater with a main color of black. It's going to be awesome, and I'm really looking forward to having it to wear!

#pedanticblah #yarn #cotton yarn #linen yarn #silk yarn #linen blend yarn #silk blend yarn #pima cotton is The Shit tbh #it's soft and nice and i like it #i also tend to prefer inelastic yarns and cotton is inelastic AS FUCK #captainimprobable #ask game

[textilegarments]

Unveiling the Secrets Behind Silk Yarn Production, Silkworm Lifecycle, S...

#youtube #silkworm #silk yarn #silk manufacturing

[monsterfrills]

So I think I forgot to post about it here but I'm knitting my own wedding dress.

Edit to add materials: I'm using suri silk alpaca (apparently I'm slightly allergic to mohair?), and glass beads for the silvery and pearl beads.

#knitblr #lace knitting #fuzz posts #wedding dress #off topic #suri silk alpaca yarn

[symfonieyarns]

Knitting with Silk Yarns

Unravel the Magic of Silk Yarn! Discover this top-tier fiber's beauty and purity, whose luxurious sheen and draping qualities make it worth the appreciation. Find out about silk yarn, its advantages and challenges while exploring stunning projects like shawls and scarves, and discover the best needles for working with it. Elevate your knitting and crocheting with the elegance of silk!

Visit: https://www.symfonieyarns.com/knitting-with-silk-yarns

#yarns #silk yarn #knitting #symfonieyarns #knitting needles #yarn magic #crochet #yarn

[reshamandi03]

In this blog, we will explore different natural fibre yarns, their characteristics, and their applications.

#cotton yarn #reshamandi #silk yarn #yarn thread #yarn type

[2057]

#earrings #silk yarn #knitting

[makerandbean]

this thing is getting. unwieldy. the pattern outright warns you about how heavy this thing gets if you do it beaded (it’s got something absurd like 5,000 beads on it including those beaded tassels) but i. did not fully appreciate how much 5,000 beads weigh.

#exciting adventures where i am playing both yarn AND bead chicken with this #and the yarn I’m knitting it with is no longer sold #which is sad bc it’s a really lovely silk :(( #does always end up looking a bit bridal-y but whatever whatever #me to start off with: oh it’s fine if it looks bridal i’ll just knit another one #me now: I Love This Pattern And Also I’m Burning It When I’m Done #maker knits

[padawansuggest]

You know you into yarn when you have headcanons about what spindles characters would particularly like, what they prefer to do with the yarn, what type of wheel spinner they are, and who has 17 projects going on at once (Anakin) vs who’s gonna focus almost entirely on one project as they go through thought spindle spinning a fine yarn, plying and washing enough of it for a blanket, immediately sticking it on the loom, and weaving a particularly intricate pattern (Obi-Wan) vs who’s the ‘I add the knots of silk and locks so that I can live in the moment and let chunks come out when they need to’ (as if I even have to say it, it’s Qui-Gon)-

ANYWAYS. I actually love yarn and think that yarn craft should be more in fics but that’s sorta like how lots of chefs and bakers make a lot of foodie fics like it’s nice but. Everyone eats. Not enough people care about Scottish spindles. Obi-Wan has 7 Scottish spindles and like 8 Turkish ones so he can make a blanket’s worth of yarn in a single go without having to unwind them and ply right away. Qui-Gon likes supported spindles and a traditional wheel. Anakin designs and makes his own electric spinners, electric yarn counters, and electric cone winders. And then he knits Padme shawls. Qui-Gon crochets blankets and keeps leaving them in the creche or outside random apartments in the temple. Obi-Wan weaves. Anakin spent 5 hours learning how to dye fiber in Padme’s favorite colours, made an electric wool carder to make batts of them, spent a solid 15 hours spinning enough for a massive shawl in lace weight yarn for his wife, knit her one, and then went back to his ADHD project hopping.

I have ideas!!!!!!

#star wars #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #qui gon jinn #yes I have ideas for others but these ones come to me fast #Obi also has drop spindles and he carves his own tools if he suddenly needs one lol #but his fave are Scottish spindles and turks #Qui gon refuses to make yarn that is evenly uniform that’s just bullshit to him #Anakin made an ombré lace shawl in the exactl colour scheme of Padme’s dress on Naboo on the balcony #she’s so obsessed with it she adores it #Qui gon crochets with hooks that don’t have a size because he carved them out of a wonky twig and it’s served him for the past 15 years #Qui is the tweed master if he needs to make it the same SIZE but it’s gonna be full of pops of silk and chunks #spinning yarn #yarn spinning #yarn headcanons

[asthecrowspins]

split up a blended top to experiment with striping colours, doing chain ply to keep the colour changes, the bring green is so pretty and all the neppy white bits were so fun when spinning the single

#yummy texture #think im going to weave it with a purple blend i spun last year (llama wool and silk i think ??) #hand spinning #fibre arts #fiber crafts #yarn #yarnblr #handspun yarn #spinning wheel

[disgruntled-lifeform]

Soooooo soft and shiny

#purchased fibre from thefiberimp.ca #merino #silk #2 ply #9 wpi #5.10oz/144g #121.33yds/110.88m #fiber diary 2023 #Spellbound colourway #handspun #hand spinning #wool #yarn #fibre

[heartnosekid]

fluffy white moths for anon!

▫️-🤍-▫️ / 🤍-▫️-🤍 / ▫️-🤍-▫️

#stim #stimboard #moths #fluffy #sfw #white #brown #beige #domestic silk moths #bombyx mori #insects #bugs #animals #wings #yarn #crocheting #textures #fabric #slime #hands #long nails #petting #crochet hooks #squishy #poking #requests

[unidentifiedmammal]

Alrighty so this is the post on lichen dyes!

this particular bath of lichen dyes was originally started over a year ago scraping a tentatively-ID'd lecanora and/or ochrolechia genus lichen off of a fallen branch (remember, don't gather lichen when it's still growing! it's very slow growing and easy to overharvest)

to start off, this particular type of dye is made through the ammonia-fermentation method, also known as ammonia maceration. No actual bacterial fermentation occurs though. Rather, the compound orcinol (and precursor compound to orcinols) react with ammonia (N2) and oxygen to form the compound orcein (also called orchil/archil) which is what makes the final dye!

this process takes anywhere from 3 weeks to 16+ weeks depending on the lichen species, its constituent acids, the temperature, and the frequency of aeration.

This batch was set aside for several months and neglected a good bit, but it still works. I strained out the crumbled lichens (which i set aside for later) and diluted it 1:4 as instructed by a very good book called Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book by Karen Diadick Casselman. This book is basically omnipresent everywhere you see lichen dyes mentioned, especially the orcein-based dyes. I also used several websites/videos/papers and such that i've hunted down over various internet crawls.

I use an old coffee pot for this as it's both a non-reactive material (glass) and is built to withstand heat. Ironically i also scraped the lichens off the branch using a tool i made out of a metal band from the broken handle of this same coffee pot!

I decided to dye some eri silk cakes that i fluffed up and scoured. these have been very good at absorbing dye in the past so i would hopefully get a good result from them. As lichens are a substantive dye i don't have to put a mordant on them, but i did soak them in an alum solution just before adding them to the dye bath to hopefully maximize dye uptake as well as improve fastness as lichen dyes are also fugitive and can fade in sunlight.

Substantive dyes contain mordants already embedded in them; fugitive dyes are a bit fuzzy to me but my understanding is they end up trapped in the fiber instead of actually bonding to the fiber in a stronger way. Mordants are used to help the dye "bite" onto the fiber better, improving both fastness (the ability of a due to resist fading from sunlight/washing/time) and the brightness of a color. Alum is useful in that it typically doesn't affect the end color of a dye more than simply making it slightly more strong!

it was pretty successful i'd say! i warmed up the dyebath, added the silk, let it simmer for a few hours, let it cool down overnight, and then warmed it back up the next day for a few hours; then, when it cooled, i took it out, let it dry, then rinsed it, and let it dry a second time. At that point, it was ready for spinning!

It was a lovely pink color that's not fully captured by the camera like most dyes, and eri silk is lovely because you can spin the clouds directly and easily without carding and make lovely relatively threadlike yarn

this was the first skein i got! i love how shiny the silk is. Some dyes can get really purple or even magenta-like!

next, i had the leftover lichens that i had set aside. They were a crumbly texture and dark black and i dried them out, crushed them up more, set them back in a jar, added more ammonia and water, and did the ammonia fermentation method a second time! this was after reading about the method for making french purple, and while this is definitely a very pale imitation of the method, the double-soak is the key feature here

here it is (on the left); it was already way darker purple than an in-progress lichen dye i had yet to crack open and use

speaking of which, heres a shot of various test lichens i had while working on this, you can see the blue-capped jar that has the second-soaked lichens. the foam will often give a preview of whether or not the dye will be red/purple or not!

Here it is, i forget how long i let it soak but i think it was a bit over a week. i strained the material out, diluted it, and then repeated the same warm/cool/warm/cool/dry/rinse/dry method with more eri silk

And below you can see the difference, it's definitely slight but still cool!

the left is from the original dyebath, the right is the second-soaked one. the first one is more salmon-colored while the second is a tad more blue-purpled!

I'm extremely excited about this, these dyes have such a fascinating history and have multiple historical uses everywhere from florentine orchil to norwegian korkje to scottish cudbear and more, and it was often used in tandem with the roman murex/tyrian purple dyes that come from a mussel. Some folks used the lichens to pre-dye the fabric before dyeing with tyrian purple, both to stretch the expensive tyrian purple and to make the end color more vibrant. It's all such a great topic that's mightily confusing and could take up a post of its own, same with the underlying chemistry of what makes these dyes work in the first place!

Anyways that's all for this post, i have more i'm working on involving actually turning these dyes into paint that i'll hopefully turn into a post on its own soon! I've also got other lichen dyes I'm waiting to get through the ammonia fermentation process that will hopefully give other colors, whenever that may be!

#lichen dyes #ammonia fermentaion #handspinning #natural dyes #eri silk #yarnmaking #fiber arts #vegetable dyes #orcinol #art #orcein #archil #crafts #yarn #silk #drop spindle