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Luxury, beauty, refinement, sensuality, elegance - silk is synonymous with all of these. Silk has a greater range in length, texture, strength and lustre than any other fibre, natural or man made and is supremely adaptable. Beautiful to spin and mix with wool too. Silk Tops
Tussah and Mulberry
From silk worms fed on oak leaves. The tops have been both carded & combed so that all the fibres are aligned. All of our silk tops are hand dyed in Australia. Many colour themes from Jacinta and Martien to choose from.
jacinta's themes
martiens themes
some info on mulberry silk

 

Silk Caps
Silk Caps are made by stretching out the cocoon over a cone form. They are about 25cm diameter and about 25 cm in length from the tip of the cap to the brim. A 3-D bowl shape can be created by opening up the brim and placing your hands inside, and stretching the sides, as used in the book 'Beautiful Bowls'. They can also be separated into layers.
Our silk caps are hand dyed by Jacinta in many of her silk tops colour themes. The weight of each silk cap varies, but average is around 15g.
Currently available themes are:
Arabian Nights, Atlantis, Barrier Reef, Brianna, Carnival, Copper Rose, Desert Dawn, Jewel, Indian Splendour, Indian Summer, Ironbark, Kimberly Dreaming, Kiss Me, Lavender, Lavender Lace, Lime Fizz, Love in a Mist, Mallee Gum, Paris, Peacock, Poppy, Rivendell, Stonehaven, Vanilla Beans, Venice, Victorian Rose, and Walnut.
example

 

Hand Dyed Silk Hankies
Silk in very fine layer form, hand dyed by Jacinta Leishman. The hankies are made from degummed cocoons that have been stretched over a square frame, forming a square of approx 22cm x 22cm, from which cobweb thin layers of fibre can be peeled off. Beautiful to look at, and great fun for experimenting with. Try trapping things inside the layers. Very versatile.
Colour themes include our collections themes of 'Australiana', 'Opulent', 'Illuminations' and 'Whimsical', as well as almost all of Jacinta's other themes. The 'Australiana' themes as applied to the silk hankies are shown here.
For the other colours, refer to Jacinta's Silk Tops colour charts; page 1, page 2 and collections.

 

Slushies
Exclusive to us; beautiful 15 micron Australian merino and mulberry silk fibres carded in Italy to give a uniform textured, smooth sheeny fibre. Fabulous for wet and dry felt making and loved by the embellisher.
These are hand dyed by Jacinta Leishman and Martien Van Zuilen in the same themes as their pure silk fibres. The 50g lots are attractively packaged in clear perspex pillow tubes.
jacinta's themes
martien's themes
close up of two themes

 

Silk Cocoons
These are quite rigid and shell like. We have a range of colours hand dyed by Jacinta Leishman and Oliver Twists. Ten per pack. Pick from the samples shown or just suggest the sorts of colours you would like and we should have something to suit.
pictures

 

Soft Degummed Silk Cocoons
Soft textured mass of degummed silk cocoons. Suitable for felting with wool for added lustre, silk papermaking, or couching into embroidery for added texture. Hand dyed by Jacinta in her colour range. Colours are being updated constantly and placed on the available themes chart as they arrive.
available themes

 

Sticks and Stones
From Oliver Twists. Packs of hand dyed silk cocoons and silk cocoon rods. Each pack contains ten cocoon pods and five cocoon rods. Eight colour combinations.
colour themes

 

Silk Carrier Rods, Hand Dyed
In a range of colours hand dyed by Jean Oliver. These come in 6g packs, generally four pods. As we are constantly renewing stocks, sometimes the colour chart does not quite match stock in hand, however, just describe the colours you would like, and we should be able to provide.
examples

 

Silk Jewels
Silk remnants by the warp from weaving mills in India, these highly sheened fibres come in a range of colours. Excellent to add them to your spinning, use for wet felting, needlefelting, nuno felting, quilting techniques, embroidery and with an embellisher. Each warp originates from a woven silk fabric. Choose your hank from the list provided.
hanks and prices

 

Indian Silk Loom Waste
Dyed pure silk fibres recycled from looms. We buy direct, so very good price. A myriad of beautiful colours in a pack.
pictures

 

Silk Fibre by the Gram
Jacinta dyes all sorts of silk fibres for us and I find it diifficult to decide how to add them to our catalogue on the web. Some is packaged for shows and for when customers call, but a lot sits in a few huge bags while I think about it. Now I have decanted most into an enormous basket and we are selling it by the weight. There are all sorts of different fibres but they are all silk; silk tops, filagree, cocoon strippings, soft cocoons, coarse sericen, soft rods etc etc. In pretty much the full range of Jacinta’s colours as well as many experimental combinations, so you can say some are playing colours. You can order by any colour choice and I am sure we can oblige, or you can pot luck and let me choose. I will try my best to give you a variety of different textures and types. Call it a serendipitous approach. Just tell us approximately how much you would like and we'll weigh and send. 25 cents / gram. Some pictures to show the bulk of various gram amounts and the variety of colours and textures.
pictures

 

Silk Sensations Strata Pack
From Oliver Twists, a hand dyed assortment of sumptuous silk textures perfect for needle felting, couching, mixed media, and textile artistry.
picture and themes

 

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