Which spindle?
I couldn’t stand it any longer. I bought a couple of really amazing silk hankies from Crown Mountain Farms at Madrona in February. Even though I had no idea what to do with them. You can see the colorway Tartan here. Beautiful, no? They were so pretty I wanted to frame them if I didn’t use them.
Anyway, they’ve been taunting me with their pretty, and I have to figure this out. I watched a groovy YouTube on drafting and using them on a wheel, which was awesome. But I have a migraine and don’t want to go over to the studio where all the wheels are living at the moment.
So, my question as I work on drafting the layers (and, by the way, should there be a disconcerting…ripping…sound while doing this?) what weight spindle for these? Or does it matter? I usually work best at about a 1.5 oz, so most of my spindles are about that weight. But I always read about people who are using really, really lightweight tools for silk. Does it matter, in the end, with this form of silk?