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Silk Top, Muga
$21.00 – $42.00
100% Muga silk.
This also goes by the name Assam silk, and it’s from a worm native to India rather than further east. The colour is a glorious tan to almost caramel-golden-brown with a wonderful sheen. Apparently it is a myth that Muga silk cannot be dyed, though we have never tried to do so. Usually difficult to find, and always expensive.
PRODUCT of INDIA
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Silk Top, Tussah (Bleached)
100% silk.
Combed top, bleached but still an ivory-cream colour. Staple length is about 6 to 7 inches. If you plan on using your silk for blending, Tussah silk is nearly always a better value fibre than Cultivated silk.
Silk top is easy to dye, using either acid dyes, fibre reactive dyes, or natural dyes.
For spinning, silk top may be spun all by itself or used for blending with a myriad of other fibres.
Sugar Candy Merino – Corn
100% 19 micron Merino wool top.
Marbled and streaked with butter yellow, cream, lemon, dijon and rich golden tan.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Fine Merino – Amber
100% fine 19-micron Merino wool. Beautiful and clean combed top.
Very pleasing medium gold tone.
PRODUCT of ITALY, from Dyeing House Gallery.
$8.00 – $32.69 $6.00 – $24.52
Corriedale Cheesecake
Medium-soft and pleasing golden orange, a bit like mild cheddar cheese. Dyed 30 micron Corriedale wool top from Ashford of New Zealand.