Tassel made with sari strips & silk cocoon

Necklace made with recycled silk yarn & other materials (by Rachel Hughes)

Woven bag in plain or tabby weave (at right and detail above) (by Karen Selk)
Warp: Recycled Silk Yarn sett at 4epi
Weft: Sari Yarn at 6ppi

We have a variety of brilliant recycled sari silks from a women's cooperative in India.

India is a land of little waste and a master of recycling. Things of all manner are used and given a renewed life in another form after it is worn out from its first use or by-products are creatively made into other useful products.

The women's group that prepares these products hails from eastern India. The yarn is made from scrap silk produced as a by-product of sari manufacturing. The yarns are handspun by drop spindle, charka or wheel. The spinning is often an outdoor village occupation, so there may be the odd bit of leaf or straw caught up in the yarn which is easily removed while you are working. Making these products enables the women to earn much needed income from their cottage industry.

There is a kaleidoscope of colors within each package. Blues and greens and yellows and oranges are gaily mixed together. They do not come in specific colorways. The colorful fabrics and yarns will give all your fibre work a lush, exotic edge, whether it is weaving, quilting, silk fusion, jewellery or surface design. The four different sari silks are available individually.

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Sari silks are available in smaller packages or in bulk for larger projects. Recycled silk yarn, recycled sari yarn and silk ribbon are available in full skeins. Sari Strips are available by weight. See below for pricing.