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cedar
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 silk hankies - 2007/05/16 04:32 I think the tutorials will be a great idea, but in the meantime if you wish to spin the silk hankies, what I do is peel one off, very thin, then poke a hole in the center and just continue to stretch and stretch the donut shape until it thins out like a thin piece of roving and then it will break where it thins and voila roving...you can draft it a little more if needed, space you hands quite far apart for the drafting as the fibres are long....hope this helps, cedar
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 Re:silk hankies - 2007/05/18 20:55 Thank you very much! I bought it because of it's hand-dyed beauty, but once I got it home I had no idea of how to start. This is perfect - appreciate the help!
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 Re:silk hankies - 2007/05/20 03:09 FYI, I bought three pretty silk spinning bells today, which are very similar to hankies. I'll start on the tutorial right away. If you fall off, get back on and try again.
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 Re:silk hankies - 2007/05/29 11:00 How is the tutorial coming on? If you haven't made a start yet I'd be happy to take over - I have some hankies here and dying for an excuse to spin them www.kurrajonghandcrafts.com
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 Re:silk hankies - 2007/05/29 16:49 I'm working on it, but silk and I aren't exactly getting along yet. LOL If you want to write it have at it! You will get a link back to your site. And some fiber at the end of the month, when I can pay for shipping

My hands, used to working in the garden, and with hoes and such are calloused and the silk snags terribly, I need a pumice. It just sticks all over the place on my big ugly hands

Ah well, we can't all have lovely hands like you! ZYours are very pretty though, and I admire pretty hands a lot. If you fall off, get back on and try again.
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 Re:silk hankies - 2007/05/29 20:25 Weeell, all I touch is yarn no gardening or playing with sheep for me!

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