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Yarns & Threads > Naturally Dyed > Silk

Extra Bulky Knitting Silk

 

dyed extra bulky yarn

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EXTRA BULKY knitting yarn: ten naturally dyed colors in stock!

100% SILK, 100% NATURALLY DYED

All colours are hand dyed by Cheryl in the Aurora Silk Natural Dye studio in Portland, Oregon

For more information about this yarn, see the Undyed Extra Bulky Knitting Yarn page.

 

Colors Shown above (clockwise):

  • Old Gold on the left (with Fustic and Catechu)
  • Blessings in Green (with Fusticwood and Natural Fermentation Indigo)
  • Aphrodite Blue Green (with Fusticwood and Natural Fermentation Indigo)
  • "Peace" Blue (with Natural Fermentation Indigo)
  • Purple Iris (with Cochineal and Natural Fermentation Indigo)
  • Plum Red Wine (with Cochineal)
  • Scarlet Flame (with Cochineal)
  • Symphonic Black (with LOGWOOD)

Also available

  • American Beauty Red, a true Crimson (with Cochineal)
  • Satin Doll, an eco bleach white with the faintest kiss of peach

 

To order multiple skeins, update quantity in shopping cart

1 skein ~ 3.8 oz / 58 yds

Naturally Hand Dyed

$49 Please specify colour (from the list above):

Additional Product Information

This exceptional silk yarn is being custom spun for us in India, of Indian cultivated silk fibre (the same fibre we are now offering for hand-spinning). A yarn of this thickness is now very rare, as all the European mills have switched to newer machinery that only spins fine yarns. It has been years since something like this was available, it is a real feat and treasure to be able to offer this.

The hand of this yarn is unbelievably dreamy soft. The luster is excellent: very silky without being harsh and glassy like reeled silk can sometimes be. It is very easy to handle and knits rapidly at approximately 3 stitches to the inch, with 3 to 4 rows to the inch. We tested needles ranging from size 8 to size 11, and got similar results, with the larger needles yielding fewer rows. In these tests, we got approximately 40 square inches of knit per ounce, equal to about 150 square inches per skein, or a rectangle roughly 10 inches by 15 inches, or a neck scarf 5 inches by 30 inches. Thus, an estimate for a tank top or vest would be 4 or 5 skeins, a sweater (depending on size) 5 to 8 skeins (equals two, pound packs).