Recycled silk yarn is made from recycled silk, more specifically the waste silk from industrial weaving mills in India (the silk is mostly used to make saris). Recycled Silk yarn is undoubtedly the most unique yarn you will ever encounter. Silk comes from India's weaving mills are handspun by women's cooperatives, giving women there a way to work and earn money.
Lots of time and care goes into each skein. The fibers are first sorted then hand teased and finally handspun on charka or drop spindle Using their traditional skills recycled silk yarn are made indivitually and each one is unique. There's no dye lot in recycled silk yarn, really that is the beauty of using recycled silk. Each piece has its own individuality and everything you make from the yarn is its own work of art, completely unique.
Recycled silk yarn comes in a hank rather than a ball. That means the yarn needs to be wound into a ball before you start knitting
Using Recycled Silk Yarn:
Recycled silk yarn has variations in thickness an the amount of tension in the thread even throughout the same hank. It can get really twisted and kinky if you don't let it hang and unwind itself occasionally.
Recycled silk yarn is beautiful in small projects like bags, wraps, sleevless tops,hat and other small items where you'd like some luxury.
Colours - Because recycled silk yarn is handspun, each skein varies in its colorway, gauge, twist and texture. Just like the saris this yarn is made from, there is an infinite number of colour mixtures. We try to fill orders with yarn with a similar colour theme and similar gauge yarn
The yardage varies from skein per skein, the thickness and amount of twist in particular skein can make a big difference in the total yardage. If your yarn is over-twisted, letting out some of the twist will make it easier to work with and maximize your yardage , approxmatly 80 yards
Weight : 100 gm
Knitting guage - 4 - 4.5 sts per inch
Needle size - UK 6- 5
US 8-9
Metric (mm) 5 - 5.50
Knitting needle sizes
RRP : £3.40