Salt Spring Island - 25 Gram - Smokey Garnet

Hand-Painted 55% Silk/45% Yak sliver

We had requests to dye our silk/yak sliver...I love how the taupe-y grey shades all the colors--really stunning!

This silk/yak blend has a short fiber length (1inch to 1.5 inches).  One spinner used a walking wheel (aka great wheel), using low tension spinning off the point. At SOAR, people spun on a chakra and a small Russian spindle. An e-spinner also gave great results with this short fiber length.

Note:  Because of the short fiber length, the sliver may break while weighing out the 25g and winding it to fit into the packaging.  But I continue with the sliver so the colors continue without interruption.

Salt Spring Island colorways are hand-painted in Colorado.  Our silks are colorfast (cold water wash) and our colorways are consistent.  Hand-painting silk sliver is a labor-intensive process. It requires careful manipulation and effort to achieve even color coverage on silk sliver.

25 Gram (0.9 oz) package