Silk Hankies - 50 gm/1.75 ounces

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

Approximately 10 inches square and many layers. These are made by stretching silk cocoons across a frame. You can easily pull it into a roving.  Spin it and ply it with your wool for a lovely sheen, or use it alone for a fantastic hand-spun 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.  They are also known as Mawata silk.

This listing is for 50 grams (or 1.75 ounces) of silk fibre. It is the amount shown in the photo. 

Silk hankies are also available in 100 gram (3.52 oz.) packages in a seperate listing.