Those thin sheets are called 'hanky' I think? They are stretched out coccoons. Some use saliva as the wetting agent. I prefer plain water! I have some and thread from it, haven't yet concluded what to do with it yet. Lace knitting with it would be fun!
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Jane Viking Swanson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > It's a lace knitted skarf and you "spin" the silk to knit with! The kit > comes with a bunch of very thin sheets of silk fibers (about 9X9" (21-1/2 > cm > square). You make a large hole in the center of the sheet and gradually > pull it bigger and bigger - it looks like an open skein of yarn. > > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
