Spinning Tuesdays: Say Hello to Fall with Silk

Did you know that Briar Rose Fibers now has silk fiber? She's dyeing silk bricks.

I have loved Chris' sense of color for a long time – deep organic shades. I frequently call it shades of dirt, but not in a bad way – it's rich and multi-hued with color grounded in browns.

When Chris starts something new she sometimes sends me a little to play with, here's my silk:

Greens, golds and blues on a silk brick

 

I dug in my stash for some Briar Rose fiber to blend it by plying with and came up with two possibilities in BFL.

Darker and lighter purple-ish colorways

Just from looking at the photo which one would you choose? I bet on the darker colorway, it has more colors that are similar, and it's closer tonally for less marling. I spun finer than I usually do, woolen for the BFL and worsted for the silk.

Lighter colorway plied with silk

Darker colorway plied with silk

I was surprised (aren't I always?) about a couple of things. The lighter colorway didn't marl with the silk, they blended together really well, especially in the knitted swatch. The darker colorway didn't pop with the silk like I expected, too many colors too close in tone. But I do like them both.

BFL-silk swatches

I can't decide. I think I like them both equally, and I think they would look beautiful worked in something together.

What's your vote?

To celebrate the beginning of fall (and my kids going back to school!) Briar Rose Fibers is giving away one dyed silk brick to a lucky Knitty Blog reader. The prize value is $45.00 US.

The usual rules apply: Leave a comment to this post before midnight, eastern time, on Thursday, September 8, 2011. One comment will be chosen at random to answer a skill testing question. If the reader answers correctly s/he will win a dyed silk brick from Briar Rose Fibers.

 

 

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