We experimented in my class, and soy silk burned similarly to synthetics.
Maybe I will try again (we're doing textile materials Monday)(it's a material
culture class). What you have definitely sounds like bleached flax/linen to me.
Jekka (in Boston)
On 3/17/09 10:45 AM, Katy Blanchard wrote:
I would think that soy silk is cellulose as it's from soy
beans.
Soy beans are mostly oil and protein, with a little
cellulose around the edges.
Wikipedia says that soy silk is one of the azlons. Without
the specific name of soy-based azlon, I
Holly,
I would think that soy silk is cellulose as it's from soy beans.
Unless they add some real silk to it.
Too bad about all your troubles! What a bummer! What has happened to
customer service?
Katy Blanchard
Urban Eagle Design
http://www.urbaneagledesign.etsy.com
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Soy silk is a protein fiber. Sounds like bleached tow flax to me.
Ellen Bloomfield
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.
She wanted flax sliver, soy silk top, and camel
down this time.
What we got (I was charged for all three) was some
very messed-up top, loosely stuffed in an old
shopping bag, that was unlabeled, just like the
silk I complained about 6 weeks earlier.
I described the new problem to Webs
Pam,
Thanks for your comments on soy silk. Interesting.
When this came on the market recently, I wondered how the yarns would
hold up when made into finished goods, take dyes, etc. Every vendor
was extolling the properties of the fiber, but no one - not even
the Chinese sites that were
There was an article in one of the spring, 2004 (I think) issue of Spinoff
about spinning w. soy silk and another little piece in which an author
compares results with several diff. dye processes with soy. Very useful.
Jessica DeForest
Diane,
Soy Silk dyes best with acid dyes. It is from the protein waste of
making tofu.
Lea Bennett
The Wheelwright
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I'm confused. I think of soybeans in terms of
providing protein, so I would think that soy silk
would dye with an acid dye. However, I was looking at
websites, and someone had listed a cotton dye as
dyieng other plant fibers including soy silk. Isn't
soy silk made from the bean, not the woody
In all of my dye baths it has behaved like a protein fiber. The really weird thing is
that in dye bath with wool, silk and soy silk, sometimes it takes the color like wool,
sometimes like silk and occasionally it does something completely different than
either. Strange stuff.
Ruby Sheffer
Hi Diane,
I bought some soy silk yarn and found that the dye washed out in practically
anything I used. I ran an experiment -- All laundry detergent essentially
stripped out all the dye; Dawn dishwashing liquid came close as did
Oxyclean; even Suave lavender shampoo took out about half the color
Hi all,
I have been working with a skein of soy silk that I bought already dyed last
year. I soon discovered that some, if not all, of the dye easily washed out.
In fact, I have not found anything with which to wash this stuff that
doesn't strip out at least half of the color. I ran a series
Have you tried contacting the Soy Silk people?
erica
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Real silk when dyed is also stiff. I snap it back into the pliable
spinnable silk. I'm assuming the soy silk may have the same problem.
Try taking a short length of it and, holding with both hands on each
end, give it a couple of snaps and see if that doesn't soften it some.
On Monday, June 14
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Has something been removed
from the soy silk that made it soft and drapey? Is there something I can do
to remedy this? I had intended to knit a beaded scarf out of the yarn, but I
can't imagine putting something this scratchy around my neck!
HI
All has a pH of 9 or more. It will strip out dye in wool too.I've had it
strip out the Cushing reds. The high pH will also tend to make the fiber
abrasive.
You might try to soak it in vinegar to return it to a neutral pH of 7 or
less. If that doesn't work, then in my opinion the fiber is damaged
Sage asked about my experience with burning ecospun. I
didn't burn it, since I figured as a polyester it would act
polyesterish (ie melt as it burned). Maybe I'll try (in a safe
space). Presumably it would make some difference whether it is in
the spun or unspun condition, as unspun it's
to feel, describe, and guess as to what they were). The
last baggie had trilobal nylon, ecospun, and soy silk, representing
artificial fibers, and students asked what would happen if we burned
the soy silk, given that it was a natural material (and proteins
usually do the acrid thing, while
nylon, ecospun, and soy silk, representing
artificial fibers,
Sage McKenzie
http://sagemckenzie.com
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Does anyone know how soy silk is made? Is it a bast fiber like flax, ramie,
and hemp? Just curious.
Anne
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Soy Silk,,was developed in 1937, was the first of the vegetable protien
fibers. It came out about same time as rayon, and before nylon,,,all similar
process,,base (cotton or other cellulose for rayon, petroleum for nylon, soy
for soy silk) processed to produce a long chain protien molecule
Holin,
For more information on Soy Silk, go to
http://www.soysilk.com/ Many vendors now carry this fiber as well as
Bamboo Ingeo (from corn). The price is usually the same everywhere, but
shipping will vary, due to method of shipment and distance. Try your
favorite vendor
Clear DayHolin,
For more information on Soy Silk, go to
http://www.soysilk.com/ Many vendors now carry this fiber as well as
Bamboo Ingeo (from corn). The price is usually the same everywhere, but
shipping will vary, due to method of shipment and distance. Try your
favorite vendor
willing to sell the plain soy roving.
Sue
Cormo Sheep Wool Farm http://www.cwo.com/~reuser
Orland, CA USA
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. I was intrigued by the skeins of soy silk. Do the fibers
come from the stalks of the plant? What is it like to spin, and where can
I get some to try out?
Holin
Just a question on this material - soy silk was tried once before right
after WWII as were many new synthetics.
Does anyone know why it didn't catch on then?? And what are supposed to be
the washing and wearing properties of this fiber. Newly spun it sounds
decent enough, but does anyone have
I also enjoyed the skeins this time very much. I was intrigued by the skeins of soy
silk. Do the fibers
come from the stalks of the plant? What is it like to spin, and where can I get some
to try out?
Holin Kennen
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I couldn't sleep last night and Googled for soy silk. Came up with a few
pages selling it, all quoting the same description with the same typo, and
about a zillion discussions of soy milk -- it seems that you can't list the
names of the major brands of soy milk without putting one that begins
Hi Lea
I just did my first dyeing experiments with some natural colored soy
silk, and was very pleased with the results. Noticed that the dye did
not penetrate all the fiber as much as I had thought (painted some
rovings) and will take care next time to pre wet by soaking overnight the
way I do
One of our guild members came home from Rheinbeck with soy silk. She just
couldn't resist. The color is a uniform beige. I haven't played with it, and
I don't believe she has spun any yet. Just a curiosity so far. More when and
if I have some more experience.
Anne
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I have been playing with some Soy Silk. Has anyone else been trying htis
fabulous fiber? Comments, tips and general discussion very welcome.
Lea Bennett
The Wheelwright
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I've spun up and dyed a lot of the natural soy silk. It can be distinguished from
lusterous spun silk if you put them side to side but otherwise it would be difficult.
Still trying to sort out what I make of the pre-spun bleached white. On the cone it
looks a lot like semi-lusterous cotton
it into as
small pieces as you can, then picking it with a small amount of wool really
helped to get an even blend.
Has anyone seen the bleached soy silk??
Belinda Morgan
Ewe Gotta Love 'Em
Fiber Processing and Matilda Sheep Covers
15800 Stringtown Rd. S.E.
Dayton, Oregon 97114-8024
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Someone sent me some to blend with her Cormo wool. This was the natural
color and we tried blending it at 10, 20 and 30%. The 10% added some
Has anyone seen the bleached soy silk??
Belinda Morgan
That someone is me and I like the blend so much that I ordered a whole bunch
Wow this looks really beautiful. I haven't tried it but will have to
get some.
Pat Lees
Wildflower Farm
Rosholt, WI
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Hi folks -
The weaving list is all a-chatter about soy silk. Has anyone here tried
it?
http://www.soysilk.com/Index.html
Hi folks -
The weaving list is all a-chatter about soy silk. Has anyone here tried it?
http://www.soysilk.com/Index.html
Robin Murphy, in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, where the wind and rain are
blowing the leaves down before they have all turned. :-(
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