Knitting For Olive Pure Silk

Knitting For Olive Pure Silk is the perfect yarn for summer or dressy tops, and it also makes a luxurious sweater when combined with the KFO Soft Silk Mohair.

Knitting For Olive Pure Silk is made of 100 % bourette silk. Bourette silk is made of silk waste created during silk processing, where the short, leftover silk fibres are spun into a new yarn. It has a rustic and uneven look and is less shiny than other types of silk.

Pure Silk is a fingering-weight (4-ply) yarn, ideal for lightweight summer garments and held double for sweaters. Each 50g skein holds approximately 250m (270 yards), knitting to a gauge of 28 stitches x 38 rows over 10cm on 3mm needles.

Yarn Specifications

Yarn Name: Pure Silk

Yarn Brand: Knitting for Olive

Ball weight: 50g

Ball Meterage:  250meters

Ball Yardage: 270 yards

Yarn Composition: made from 100% silk, the bourette silk is cruelty-free (ie collected without killing the silkworm)

Yarn Gauge: This yarn is a fingering weight yarn. 

Gauge: Using 3mm needles, it gives 28 stitches x 38 rows in a 10 x 10cm swatch

Recommend Knitting Needles:  3mm needles (US 2.5)

Recommend Crochet Hook: 3mm hook (US )

Knitting Machine: Can not be used as it is too thick for the knitting machine. 

Care instructions: Best to hand-wash with a no-rinse detergent, then shape the fabric on a flat surface (e.g., a towel) and lay flat to dry. Definitely do not tumble dry. 

Other Information: The bourette silk is made of silk waste created during silk processing so no silk worms were harmed in the making, using silk in this process creates a rustic and uneven look and is less shiny than other types of silk. The silk is also Oeko-Tex Standard 100, meaning all items in the production process (from workers to the environment to chemicals) are ethical in their use.