Cultivated silk "hankies" add luxury to your hand-spun yarns. They may be used in paper-making and in felting as well.

Approximately 10 inches square and many layers. These are made by stretching silk cocoons across a frame. Spin it and ply it with your wool for a lovely sheen, or use it alone for a wonderful silk yarn.

The natural white color is perfect for dyeing. This form of silk allows the artist to hand-paint across the fibre for sumptuous color. Silk takes dye beautifully.   Silk hankies are also known as Mawata silk.

This listing is for a generous 100 grams (or 3 1/2 ounces) of silk fibre. It is the amount shown in the photo. This is a lot of silk for the money!

Silk hankies are also available in a 50 gram (1.75 oz.) package in a seperate listing.