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This summer season, particular attention is paid to the natural fiber: silk!  Many of us associate silk with beauty and luxury. Silk is pleasing to the eye, light, soft, gentle, strong and elastic.
Knitters are increasingly looking for and choosing silk fiber yarns not only for summer, but also for winter knitwear. A luxurious silk dress, a blouse, a silk scarf for a charming woman, an elegant sweater for a girl, a silk cap, a blanket for a newborn… Knitting for yourself and your loved ones from the best, natural, organic, is very popular in the modern world. Such products receive more and more praise from those who wear and love silk.

Here at ‚Siūlų dama’ you will find knitting yarns from 100% natural silk. (Rowan Truesilk) and others combinations of natural fibers with silk for summer knitwear (LangYarns Asia, Seta Tweed, Manos Lace, Drosp Lace) and yarns from the autumn-winter collection (Rowan Kidsilk Haze, Manos Silk Blend, a series of Drops Design knitting yarns)

10 interesting facts about silk:

• Silk was discovered in China about 5000 years ago
• Since ancient times, silk has had a particular economic importance. The secret of silk production was kept for a long time, and Chinese merchants transported rolls of expensive fabrics along the so-called Silk Road, thereby gaining fabulous riches and supplying silk to other countries
• The most precious silk carpets in the world are preserved in the Mevlana Museum in Türkiye
• Silk, unlike other common summer fibers – cotton linen – is not of vegetable origin, but of animal origin, and is obtained from silkworms. Gnawing the leaves of the mulberry tree, the silkworm caterpillar «produces» shiny threads and wraps hundreds of meters of threads in a cocoon.
• Silkworm caterpillars do not live naturally in the wild, their life on plantations depends on the person himself
• Today the world’s largest silk producers are India, China, Japan, Brazil and Thailand
• Silkworms can only live in certain regions where mulberry trees grow. The leaves of these plants are their only food
• To produce 1 kg of silk, approximately 10 kg of cocoons are needed
• To make a silk dress you would need up to 70 kg of mulberry leaves
• 450g of silk can be rolled up to 1600km long

10 unique properties of silk:

• Silk is a universal fiber, used not only in the production of fabrics and threads, but also in the production of parachutes, carpets and medical threads
• Silk is the strongest natural fiber. Its wire is said to be stronger than steel wire of the same thickness
• Sericin, a substance contained in silk, also known as silk glue, has a healing effect on irritated and allergic skin. This is especially relevant today, when many people are dealing with allergies
• Already in ancient China it was documented that silk fabrics were the most suitable for those suffering from rheumatism, bedsores, metabolic disorders
• Silk is a fabric resistant to microorganisms, so it is very hygienic. It is not necessary to wash silk knitwear often, it is enough to air it well
• Silk has thermoregulatory properties: it is said that a person always feels good in silk clothes: on a hot day they radiate freshness, and on a cold day they warm
• Being thinner and lighter than wool, silk almost matches it in terms of warmth and is five times warmer than cotton
• Silk fiber absorbs up to 39% moisture, almost as much as wool fiber and even many times more than cotton or linen. Interestingly, after absorbing this amount of moisture, the silk product feels completely dry even to the touch
• Silk transmits ultraviolet rays, so even wearing a long-sleeved blouse can tan
• Silk clothes are very popular because they do not wrinkle

Silk Clothes Care:

• It is better to wash and rinse silk by hand or in a special way. silk program in the washing machine. Silk products should be washed with special products designed for silk.
• Removes stains perfectlys soap from gall. If improperly cared for, silk will lose its unique properties, including its unique softness and luster.

If you want to try an amazing silk yarn for the first time or knit another one-of-a-kind garment, WOMAN OF THE THREAD recommended for summer: