Tuesday, March 24, 2009

SILK SKEIN DYED AND DRY

Posted by Peg in South Carolina

Dyed Silk Warp She is a beautiful thing to behold. I hate to hide her in the crackle warp. I once saw some beautiful silk scarves woven in huck lace. I think this yarn would be beautiful treated just that way.

But I’m not going to. It will be the crackle warp for the upcoming sample/scarf.

It is not just the color that is beautiful. What is just as beautiful is what has happened to the yarn as a result of all my snapping and slapping of it. It is flat and soft. The divisions that the pink figure-of-eight ties make in the skein are clear. I have high hopes for the unskeining to cones process.

Still, I can see her woven as huck lace…………

By the way, take a look at what I’ve been spinning from The Spinning Bunny. This is wool but doesn’t the color look familiar? I must really like this color!Fiber from Spinning Bunny

Related Post: Dyeing the Skein


Silk Skein Dyed and Dry” was written by Margaret Carpenter for Talking about Weaving and was originally posted on March 24, 2009. ©2009 Margaret Carpenter aka Peg in South Carolina

5 comments:

Geodyne said...

I just *love* that colour. It makes my eyes very happy.

Julie said...

Pretty!

Peg in South Carolina said...

Thank you for your commenets!

Laritza said...

Oh that red is lovely! Huck sounds like a lovely plan. Thanks for stopping by my blog, I think I found a suitable draft for my mystery yarn :) I wondered that about Mc Morran too. I did not see the bumps at first!

Peg in South Carolina said...

Thank you, Laritza. I'm glad you've found a draft for your yarn. I'm eager to see it and how the weaving works out. I have the feeling that this is one big learning experience warp!