dyed silk fibres and ribbons on silk fusion

silk fusion with embedded ribbon and stamped

We have a great selection of hand–dyed silk fibres and wool rovings for all your creative needs!

Use them in your silk fusion, felting, stitching, embellishing, collage, paper arts, stamping and spinning.

Funky Silk Fibres
	Carrier Silk Rods These slit tubes are the by-product of reeling silk from the cocoon. Rods are 5 - 6" (13–15cm) long when stretched out; there may be some short pieces and partially wound cocoons in the mix. They are wonderfully textural for stitching, silk fusion and any application needing depth. They can be pressed flat or pulled apart to reveal the interesting criss-cross of the fibres.
	Silk Cocoon Strippings These fibres look like slightly disorganised puffs of carded fibre which is the first silk extruded by the silkworm. It can be spun into fairly smooth yarn with a matte appearance. Or use it to add texture and colour to your collage and stitching works.
	Degummed Throwsters Silk A by-product of the twisting of filament in the reeled silk industry, it is unlike any other fibre on the market and an inexpensive source of high quality, long silk fibre. It can be handled in several ways to create textured or smooth, shiny yarns and can also be an inexpensive source of silk for blending.
	Silk Hankies Hankies (also known as mawata) are a ten inch square of silk fibre held together by a "selvedge." They can be used in silk fusion, needle felting, stitched onto fabric, spun into thread and more.
	Silk Cocoons The cocoon is the metamorphosis home of the silkworm. It is spun in one continuous thread almost a mile long. The cocoons vary in size. Most of them are an oval shape. They can be cut, dyed, painted and sewn.

Funky Fibre Collection

Five types of funky silk fibres available in four colourways:

Degummed Throwsters Silk	Silk Cocoons	Silk Carrier Rods	Silk Hankies	Degummed Silk Cocoon Strippings

APPLE FESTIVAL

Apple Festival is organized by Captain Apple (Harry Burton) who lives here on Salt Spring Island. Reds, pinks, yellows greens and bark represent the crisp and tasty apple festival.

FALL FAIR

Fall Fair is an event a rural community looks forward to all year. Fall Fair is made up of harvest colours including oranges, burgundy, soft greens and earthy browns.

SATURDAY MARKET

Saturday Market is a fun and fascinating destination for locals as well as the many visitors to Salt Spring. Saturday Market provides a rainbow of primary colours.

SEA CAPERS

Sea Capers celebrates the maritime tradition of a small island. Blues, turquoises, greys and purples represent the fun of sea capers.

Each package contains a selection of the above colours.

• Degummed Throwster's Silk	7g	$4.50 Cdn
• Carded Silk Cocoon Strippings	7g	$4.50 Cdn
• Silk Carrier Rods	7g	$5.50 Cdn
• Silk Cocoons	10 cocoons	$4.75 Cdn
• Silk Hankies	10g	$11.95 Cdn

Great for experimenting!

Add texture and colour to your silk fusion, spinning, collage, paper arts, mixed media, quilting, embellishing and more.

East pack contains 20g (0.7oz) of dyed silk fibres including:

Silk Cocoons • Silk Carrier Rods • Silk Hankies • Degummed Throwsters Silk

Choose from 6 colour combos! Each colour combo includes a selection of colours from the list below:

$19.95 Cdn / pack


Wild Berries	Summer Sunrise	Eat Your Greens	Coastal Waters	Winter Night Sky	Freshly Ploughed Fields

Colours:
Wild Berries: #12 Pomegranate, #20 Bordello, #43 Harlequin, #209 Wild Bordeaux, #210 Berry Blaze
Summer Sunrise: #31 Cantaloupe, #32 Salmonberry, #36 Sun Dance, #37 Maize, #202 Electric Dijon
Eat Your Greens: #39 Tasmanian Myrtle, #40 Winter Sage, #951 Tequila Sunrise, #952 Pheasant Green, #212 100 Acre Wood
Coastal Waters: #9 Emerald Green, #10 Malachite, #18 Dragonfly, #19 Turkish Bath, #214 Glacier
Winter Night Sky: #6 Lapis Lazuli, #7 Bachelor's Button, #956 Periwinkle, #219 Silk Pyjamas, #220 Persian Night
Freshly Ploughed Fields: #33 Tiramisu, #9511 Creme Brulee, #9515 Ochre, #225 Captain Olive, #226 November Maverick
→ See the colour chart

Please note: Colours appear differently in different computer moniters.

Creative Silk Pack Projects

Wild Berries Hanging Bag

Winter Night Sky Clutch

→ See natural silk fibres

Projects with Funky Silk Fibres

silk fusion with carrier silk rods and cocoon strippings

vessel made with silk hankies and gloss varnish

At Treenway we cut and manipulate the quirky and colourful silk fibres to make earrings, flowers and tassels, create shapes, add texture and colour to silk fusion and other art works.

For ideas and examples, see what we've been doing here at Treenway!

For hand-painted Tussah and Bombyx silk sliver in solid and variegated colourways, see
Salt Spring Island Series and Treetops Harmonies.

All our silk fibres are also available undyed → natural silk fibres.

sprinkle dyed wool handspun and handknit

sprinkle dyed wool handspun and knit in entrelac

Our sprinkle–dyed wool rovings are hand-dyed on Salt Spring Island by Hues by Cheryl and Deerhaven Productions.

The rovings are 100% Corriedale and come in four colourways: Tango, Nocturne, Blue Symphony and Rock'n'Roll Rainbow The colourways vary slightly with each dye–lot.

$100.00/kg Cdn
Minimum order of 100g (3.5 oz).

Corriedale is great for all sorts of projects; it spins up very nicely and also works well for felting!



Luscious peach and red	Hand spun and plied	Knit using 4.5mm needles


Deep purple, violet and blue	Hand spun and plied	Knit using 4.5mm needles


Delectible ocean blues and greens	Hand spun and plied	Hand knit


Classic rainbow	Hand spun and plied	Hand knit