Hi!
Barbara C wrote:
> When you peel off a layer, you would stretch it in a direction and
>keeping your hands 3 feet or so apart, you can draft this mass of
>silk into a thinner roving. To stretch a cap, stick both hands
>inside the cap and spread your hands apart, gently but
>firmly until the cap is wider. At some point, punch through the top
>of the cap and thin out the resulting circle even more. When a part
>gets thin enough, break the circle and pre-draft the rest. You can
>then spin from one end or actually knit with it unspun. The fiber
>length can be up to 8 feet long in these, so very little twist is
>needed to hold it together, but more twist makes a shinier yarn.
Thanks for the info! Last year I got some silk caps to dye
and spin but couldn't figure out a way to go about the drafting.
Somebody once told me I just needed to drape it over a stick and
pick at one corner. Well, that just does not work... What a mess
it made.
One silly question though. Do I first separate the layers and than
stretch the cap or do I do the stretching and poke the hole first.
Thanks!
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Carla Calvi
Durham, NC
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