tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699317453531896770.post1073060553618861770..comments2023-06-20T03:21:31.525-07:00Comments on Dye-No-Mite!: Peacock silk bellUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699317453531896770.post-23569841988021447632007-04-25T10:56:00.000-07:002007-04-25T10:56:00.000-07:00Thank you!Thank you!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706258477139234172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699317453531896770.post-9122098063143319032007-04-24T17:08:00.000-07:002007-04-24T17:08:00.000-07:00It's a silk preparation, much like a hankie or a c...It's a silk preparation, much like a hankie or a cap. Basically, it is a bunch of individual silk cocoons degummed, and layered and stretched over a form. Hankies are stretched onto a square, caps/bells are stretched onto a dome shaped form. To spin it, you remove a layer, draft and spin. Knitty had an article on hankies<BR/>http://www.knitty.com/issuewinter05/FEATsilkhankies.html<BR/>and bells/caps work much the same, only you get a LOT more silk in one than you do in a hankie. They are my favorite silk preparation to work with, and you can knit directly from the drafted fiberTeresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686538304543858955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699317453531896770.post-80933448761800450792007-04-24T16:28:00.000-07:002007-04-24T16:28:00.000-07:00what is a silk bell?what is a silk bell?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706258477139234172noreply@blogger.com