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It is possible to knit from any continuous length,
whether it be deliciously soft wool yarn or a ball of
common household string. The silk Mawata
Cap, which we sell to you as a fibre, can
work equally well.
Mawata Caps are created by pulling out the cocoons
over a former creating a silken web pocket. As the fibres
have not been broken from piercing the cocoon it is
possible to wind a continuous fine thread from the cap.
It is therefore possible to knit straight from it.
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Your 100gm
Mawata Caps will arrive as a 'stack' as each cap only
weighs a tiny amount.
Find the edges of the stack, slip your
hand inside the pocket of the single cap and gently
pull apart.
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Keep your hand in the pocket and with
the other hand begin to pull from anywhere along the
edge. It is not necessary to seek a single thread as
the knitting would be too fine, the amount of fibre
shown in the photograph will give an adequate thickness
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The fibres will slip readily to form
a roving. If you want to, this roving can be spun into
a yarn using a hand spindle or spinning wheel.
For this project, the roving is the yarn for your knitting,
treat it as any other. The knitted fabric is soft and
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Susan Litton's experimental
knitting shows there are simply no rules!
The first segment is knitted directly from the Mawata
Cap, the second from Stainless
Steel wire and the third from Italian
Spun Silk yarn. She used size 10mm of the
handmade Surina
needles.
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