Tussah Silk Yarn

Tussah is wildcrafted, and thus it is naturally both organic silk and "Peace Silk" - suitable for vegetarians. Tussah or wild silk worms live naturally in tropical or semi-tropical forests. Their silk is gathered after the moth emerges. As the caterpillars eat all kinds of different trees, all rich in tannin, the silk is beige to brownish toned. There are many varieties and shades of wild silk. Tussah is generally stronger and more resilient than cultivated "white" silk.

These lustrous yarns are from India and are handspun by the unique method of softening with soap, then pulling out the fiber directly into a yarn. This produces a semi-continuous, extremely strong yarn with a very long staple (3"+). They dye beautifully, with colors slightly mute by the soft undertone of beige. The color is a light silvery brown, slightly variegated. All are suitable for knitting, by hand or machine, and for warp.
	Soft and Fluffy approx. 100 yds/oz. Soft knits (about 4 st/in on size 5 needles). Beautiful weaving weft (avg 12-14 pics per in.)
	Tight Twist Warp approx. 100 yds/oz. The overtwist makes it very strong. Use for warp or weft. Great for crochet where you want to see every stitch. Darker shades of beige and light brown.

	Smooth Singles Tussah Yarn Soft, smoothly spun from long staple and lustrous tussah, wild silk. Think knitted scarves, baby caps, or weaving weft for a durable, drapable fabric. Perfect weft with the fine 2-ply tussah wild silk as warp.
	Fine 2-ply The same fine size as our white silk fine 2-ply, but a completely different hand, because it is Tussah, wild silk. Use for fine crochet, machine knitting, weaving warp and weft, lace work.
	Bulky Knitting Yarn. Sold out. See our Brand New One-Two! CALLED ONE-TWO because it is a "number 1," that is 1,000 meters per kilo and it is a 2-ply.  In "English" measurements it has 230 yards to the pound. Available in natural pearly white or naturally hand died in any of 10 rich colors.