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Saturday 29 March 2008

Handspun silk with beads


I made another small ball of silk yarn this time, I am trying to get the strand thinner maybe too thin in places, so to straighten the thin sections I decided to add another strand of silk sewing thread when I plyed the strands together and to be a bit different added some glass beads, eeekkk I am getting into this, pity about the living room now covered in bits of multi coloured fluff :)


3 comments:

  1. Hi, many thanks for your kind words on my blog. I was very sorry to hear that your life too has been touched by Alzheimer's. Your beaded silk looks very pretty. Susie xxx

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  2. that is beautiful! how do you do it?

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  3. I am new to spinning so don't know if this the the correct way to do it. When putting two yarns together I added a third thread made of silk which I pre-strung with beads. I spun them all together, spacing the beads out randomly as I went.
    I am going to do more experimenting, I really enjoyed making the yarn.

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