[MR] Thai silk source

[Robyn Becker]

OK!  After reading up on several sites about how Thai silk is made, and the
differences in the weave, plus looking at different images and compairing
them to what ethaimarket sells, here are my conclusions.
'Crust' refers to rough weave, which produces a slub effect, more like
Dupioni, but not as stiff, and with a heavier weave.

As for which silk I was referring to, there is the 'crust' silk, and the
1-ply and crust silk which they also refer to as raw silk.
I honestly don't know what the difference is.  I hvae put in an inquiry
regarding a mor elaborate explainantion.  If they reply, I will forward it
to the list.

Reyne


>From: Marybeth Lavrakas <katrous at yahoo.com>
>To: Robyn Becker <reyne_telarius at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [MR] Thai silk source
>Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 11:43:06 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Which of their silks are you referring to? And do you
>know what "crust" silk is like??
>
>Kat. Rous
>
>--- Robyn Becker <reyne_telarius at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > This is not Habotai grade silk.  It is a heavier
> > weave, more like raw silk,
> > but smoother, and shinier.  Considering that I've
> > seen raw silk start at
> > $6/yard, I'd say that this isn't too bad.
> > Especially since the thread is
> > hand spun, and the fabric is hand woven (I asked).
> > Ask any spinner, regardless of the yarn type, how
> > much they'd charge for a
> > yard of hand-spun, hand woven fabric, and I doubt
> > it'd be as cheap as
> > $6/yard!
> > And I've done some other searches for this type of
> > silk on the web, and it's
> > retailing  in other online stores for a minimum of
> > $48/yard!  And the
> > descriptions are the same as for those at
> > ethaimarket.com.
> >
> > Reyne
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Signora Apollonia Margherita degli Albizzi"
> > ><apollonia at bellsouth.net>
> > >To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [MR] Thai silk source
> > >Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:27:59 -0400
> > >
> > >They seem kind of expensive, and don't list the
> > weight of the silk....  The
> > >best online source of silk I have found is
> > www.exoticsilks.com , they have
> > >10 mm 45" wide China silk for $3.85 a yard, if
> > you're willing to buy a 50
> > >yard bolt.  If you don't want 50 yards, it's $3.95
> > a yard, minimum $100
> > >order.  It's undyed, so you have to dye it, but
> > that's pretty cheap....
> > >
> > >Apollonia
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Robyn Becker" <reyne_telarius at hotmail.com>
> > >To: <brighthills at yahoogroups.com>;
> > <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:50 AM
> > >Subject: [MR] Thai silk source
> > >
> > >
> > > > I just had to share this site with you all.  I
> > found them on eBay, but
> > >they
> > > > have their own store as well, where you cna buy
> > some of their items.
> > >They
> > > > have much more besides silk fabric, but that was
> > what I zeroed in on.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.ethaimarket.com/default.asp
> > > >
> > > > Enjoy!
> > > >
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