Kendig Cottage Spinning and Knitting Supply:
Spinning and Felting Fibers: Exotic Fibers: Soysilk,
Milk Protein, Bamboo Fiber
Spinning and Felting Fibers: Exotic Fibers: Soysilk,
Milk Protein, Bamboo Fiber
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| SOYSILK! If you enjoy spinning silk or Tencel, you will find the same pleasure spinning this new fiber. With a staple length between three and four inches, a fine fiber diameter and surface that allows the fibers to slide past each other, drafting this material to the thickness you want is easy. Split the roving to a pencil thickness and spin from this. Keep your hands at least 4 inches apart due to the fiber length. Draft the fibers to the thickness you want before allowing any twist into the fibers which will lock them together. Ply to produce a balanced yarn. |
Skein up your finished yarn. To set the twist, soak in warm water, gently squeeze out
the water by hand or by rolling in a towel, snap the skein between your hands to realign
the strands and hang to dry. Do not be alarmed if at this point your skein looks a little
bedraggled. Just wait until it is completely dry and snap the skein between your hands.
If it still seems a little stiff, wad the skein into a ball and restraighten.
We now offer the following soysilk and soysilk blends for your enjoyment:
the water by hand or by rolling in a towel, snap the skein between your hands to realign
the strands and hang to dry. Do not be alarmed if at this point your skein looks a little
bedraggled. Just wait until it is completely dry and snap the skein between your hands.
If it still seems a little stiff, wad the skein into a ball and restraighten.
We now offer the following soysilk and soysilk blends for your enjoyment:
Soysilk is made from the reside of soybeans from tofu manufacturing. This process
is 100% natural and free of any petrochemicals. This fiber offers superior moisture
absorption and ventilation properties along with beautiful draping, softness, and
warmth.
is 100% natural and free of any petrochemicals. This fiber offers superior moisture
absorption and ventilation properties along with beautiful draping, softness, and
warmth.
| Karoke Top is 50% soysilk and 50% wool. |
| Bamboo Silk Top, Black Diamond (Bamboo Carbon Fiber) |
| Latte Top (Milk Proteins) and Fiber Latte is made from Milk Proteins, it's a champagne color fiber but even softer than soysilk. The are produced in much the same process. |
