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tussah silk tops are shimmering, honey-coloured combed silk with a staple length of 3-4 inches. this silk comes from silkworms reared in the wild on trees which leaves contain "tanin". this tanin is what causes the tussah silk to be slightly honey-coloured. it is not as fine or lusterous as the bombyx silk. |
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bombyx (mulberry) silk tops - highly lustrous, pearl white grade A1 Chinese combed silk tops. fibres 4-5 inches long. these silkworms are cultivated and are only fed mulberry leaves which contains no tanin. |
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mulberry silk throwsters waste (degummed) - long spaghetti-like silk filaments, fantastic for texture. looks a little like locks of kid mohair. |
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silk hankies - a "hanky" is a degummed cocoon that has been stretched over a square frame. each layer consists of a cobweb-like random preparation of silk. several layers together become dense in appearance. a great inexpensive preparation of silk, fun to experiment with. each hanky is approximately 25cm square. |
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tissue silk fabric - very fine lightweight pure silk georgette fabric, fantastic for nuno felting. 110cm wide, 3.5mm. 1 meter minimum |
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superfine merino wool tops - our glorious superfine 18.5 micron
wool top. LIMITED SUPPLY - amazingly fine 17.5 micron superfine wool tops. |
| naturally coloured coarse wool batts - see other products page | |
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