Eri Peace Silk in Natural White singles spun at 40 wpi on a bobbin on Electric Eel Wheel 6.0.

Eri Peace Silk in Natural White yarn, a fingering weight 14 wpi, 3 ply about 21 yards on a niddy noddy.

Eri Peace Silk in Natural White yarn laying on a table with a nickel for scale.

Eri Peace Silk in Natural White yarn wound in a skein laying on a table.

I finished spinning and chain plying the second half of the Eri Peace Silk in Natural White. The resulting yarn is a finger weight 14 wpi, 3 ply about 21 yards. Singles were spun at 40 wpi.

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2 ply, sport weight 12 wpi yarn in Eri Peace Silk in Natural White on the bobbin on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

2 ply, sport weight yarn in Eri Peace Silk in Natural White on a niddy noddy

2 ply, sport weight yarn in Eri Peace Silk in Natural White laying on a table with a nickel for scale.

2 ply, sport weight yarn in Eri Peace Silk in Natural White wound in a skein and laying on a table

I plied the first half of the Eri Peace Silk in Natural White from a center pull ball. The resulting yarn is a sport weight 12 wpi, 2 ply about 22 yards. Singles were spun at 25 wpi.

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1 ounce of Eri Peace Silk Top in Natural White with the label from Carr Park Artisans.

Singles spun from Eri Peace Silk Top in Natural White on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Sample 77 is Eri Peace Silk in Natural White, which is the result of Philosamia ricini silkworms being fed castor leaves. I spun the first half of the sample at 25 wpi.

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Tussah silk singles spun at 40 wpi on a bobbin on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

3 ply sport weight tussah silk yarn on a niddy noddy.

3 ply sport weight tussah silk yarn laying on a table with a nickel for scale.

3 ply sport weight tussah silk yarn wound in a skein laying on a table.

I spun the singles of the second half of the Tussah silk at 40 wpi and chain plied. Yarn is 3 ply sport weight, 12 wpi about 18 yards to half an ounce.

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Sample of Tussah Silk, unbleached in a pale beige color

Singles of Tussah Silk on a bobbin for an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0 laying on a table sideways.

2 ply Tussah Silk worsted weight yarn laying on a table with a nickel for scale.

2 ply Tussah silk worsted weight yarn wound in a skein laying on a table.

Sample 76 is Tussah Silk. For the 1st half, singles were spun at 25 wpi and plied from a center pull ball. Yarn is 2 ply worsted weight, 9 wpi about 16 yards to 1/2 an ounce, a bit more airy than Eri Silk.

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Eri Peace Silk top in Natural Golden #handspinning #handspun #yarn #yarnspinning #🧶 #breedandfiberstudy #CarrParkArtisans #EriPeaceSilkNaturalGolden

Eri Peace Silk in Natural Golden singles being spun at 60 wpi on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0.

Sample 75 is Eri Peace Silk in Natural Golden, which is the result of Philosamia ricini silkworms being fed ficus citrifolia leaves to get the color. I'm working on spinning the first half of the sample at 60 wpi.

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3 ply peduncle silk yarn on a bobbin on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

3 ply peduncle silk yarn on a niddy noddy

3 ply peduncle silk yarn laying on a table with a nickel for scale

3 ply peduncle silk yarn wound into a skein laying on a table

I finished spinning and plying the second half of the Peduncle silk as well. Singles were 55 wpi, and I chain plyed them to get a 3 ply fingering weight, 14 wpi yarn about 26 yards to half an ounce.

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2 ply peduncle silk yarn on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0 bobbin.

2 ply peduncle silk yarn on a niddy noddy

2 ply peduncle silk yarn on a table with a nickel for scale

2 ply peduncle silk yarn wound into a skein laying on the table.

I finished plying the first half of the Peduncle silk. Singles were 25 wpi, and I plyed from a center pull ball to get a 2 ply sport weight, 12 wpi yarn about 28 yards to half an ounce.

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Peduncle silk top with the label from Carr Park Artisans

Peduncle silk singles spun at 25 wpi on a bobbin on an Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Sample 74 is Peduncle silk, which is fiber from the stem built to attach the cocoon to the branch. It feels more like a carded sliver wool than silk top. I spun the first half of the sample at 25 wpi.

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Yarn spun from Muga Silk on a niddy noddy, 3 ply, fingering weight yarn.

Yarn spun from Muga Silk laid on a table with a nickel under a strand for scale. 3 ply, fingering weight yarn.

Yarn spun from Muga Silk wound in a skein, laying on a table. Yarn is a 3 ply, fingering weight yarn.

I finished spinning the singles of the second half of the Muga Silk at 55 wpi, and chain plied them to get a 3 ply, 14 wpi, fingering weight yarn, 32 yards to a half ounce.

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Muga Silk singles spun on a custom painted Electric Eel Wheel 6.0 at 60 wpi

2 ply Muga Silk yarn on a niddy noddy held in fingers for scale.

2 ply Muga Silk yarn laying on table with a nickel under a strand for scale

Skein of Muga silk yarn laying on a table.

Last night, I finished spinning the singles of the first half of the Muga Silk at 60 wpi. Tonight, I plied them from a center pull ball to get a 2 ply, 16 wpi, lace weight yarn, 55 yards to 1/2 ounce.

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Muga Silk Top, in a golden blonde color

Picture of the singles, showing them at 60 wpi.

Showing bobbin of Muga Silk singles at 60 wpi, on Electric Eel Wheel 6.0

Started spinning the first half of Sample 73, Muga Silk. Singles are being spun at 60 wpi.

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