Here are more projects that we've created! Weaving | Spinning | Silk Fusion Art | Trading Cards | Cocoon Art |
Weaving |
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![]() "Wine & Dine" |
![]() "Blue Blood" |
This scarf was a collaboration between Sue and Trish. Trish spun the single ply warp yarn using 50g of Treetops silk sliver in Vintage Port. Sue wove the scarf on the Ashford Knitter's Loom using a 12.5dpi reed and 8/2 reeled silk yarn in colour #23 (now on sale!) in the weft. |
Sue wove this scarf with 8/2 reeled silk and 20/2 spun silk in the warp and 30/2 spun silk in the weft. |
![]() "Red silk scarf" |
![]() "Silk & Cashmere Scarf" |
Sue used 20/2 spun silk in the warp and weft as well as a 8/2 reeled silk yarn and novelty bouclé and eyelash yarns, warped randomly. 12"x49". | Sue hand spun natural colour Bombyx silk and Tussah silk as well as cashmere to weave this fabulous scarf. 7" x 57". |
![]() "Salsa" |
![]() "Rainbow Rug" |
Sue spun 100% hand–dyed corriedale wool rovings into singles and wove it with a novelty yarn to create this hot scarf. 7½" x 40½" with 4" fringe. |
Susanna used 100% wool yarn for the warp sett at 5epi and corriedale wool rovings for the weft and beat hard. 28"x42". |
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![]() "Roving Rug" |
Karen used natural Muga silk and hand-dyed reeled 8/2 silk yarns in this gorgeous silk scarf. 5½" x 58" |
Karen used 100% wool yarn for the warp sett at 6epi and corriedale wool rovings for the weft and beat them hard! She put it in the washing maching on gentle then in the dryer for 30 minutes. Final measurements: 21"x37"". |
Spinning |
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![]() Hand–dyed and spun Tussah silk & Romney wool |
![]() Hand–dyed and spun Corriedale wool |
![]() Hand–dyed and Navaho spun wool (top) and Tussah silk (bottom) |
Teri Shaw |
![]() "Hand spun & knit scarf" |
![]() Detail |
Sue hand spun this rainbow dyed leicester wool fleece into singles then knit it using 10mm needles. 6"x60". |
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Trading Cards |
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![]() "mmmm" |
![]() "Circle of Life" |
Sue used silk fusion (made with natural Tussah silk) as a base for both these pieces. The carrot and circle are both created from hand-dyed degummed throwster silk waste. | |
![]() "Home" |
![]() "Lace & Shell" |
Sue used silk fusion as a base for these 2 pieces. "Home" has a dyed Tussah silk base and a natural Tussah silk piece for the house which has been stamped on. The green edging in the "Lace & Shell" piece is hand-dyed degummed throwsters silk waste. |
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![]() "Woman" |
![]() "Summer Haze" |
Teri used a piece of dyed silk fusion over natural silk fusion as a base and embellished with a silk cocoon cut open, silk yarn and ribbon for stitching, beads and charm. |
Susanna used silk fusion (made with natural Tussah silk sliver) as a base for this card with a stamped dragonfly on hand-dyed silk fusion stitched with silk threads. |
![]() "Midnight Sun" |
![]() "Woman" |
Susanna used silk fusion (made with hand–dyed and natural Tussah silk sliver) as a base for these cards stitched with silk threads. |
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Napkin Rings |
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![]() "Silk Cocoon Napkin Rings" |
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Trish embellished hand-dyed silk cocoons with paint and bead and threaded the wire through the cocoons for these funky napkin rings. |
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Earrings |
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![]() "Ruby Tuesday" |
![]() "Key to your Heart" |
Teri cut open hand–dyed silk cocoons to create these fantastic earrings. |
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Tassels |
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![]() Karen Selk |
![]() Sue Earle |
Karen and Sue cut open hand-dyed silk cocoons and created the tassels with hand-dyed silk threads. |
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Art |
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![]() Karen Selk Karen used silk fusion (made with hand-dyed Tussah silk) as a base and embellished with carrier silk rods, hand-dyed cocoon strippings, paint, beads, charms and metallic thread. |
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![]() Teri Shaw Teri created this collage using silk fusion, paints, dyed degummed throwsters waste and stamping. |
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Back to Treenway Art
For more information on silk see:
- Silk Fusion Kits & supplies
- Natural Silk Fibres Carrier Silk Rods, Cocoons, Tussah Silk, Degummed Throwsters Silk Waste, etc.
- Hand–dyed Silk Fibres & Wool Rovings
- Hand-dyed Silk Sliver Salt Spring Series Tussah silk
- Embellishment Kits Silk threads and ribbons, beads and charms
- Silk Threads & Ribbons 100 Hand-dyed colours
- Variegated Silk Threads & Ribbons Montano Series
- Canadiana Silk Yarns & Ribbons





























