Silk yarn

Silk yarn is known for its luxurious lustre, softness and light weight. The silk adds a beautiful, smooth texture to the yarn that feels comfortable against the skin. It is breathable, temperature regulating and perfect for light, elegant projects like shawls, blouses and accessories. Silk yarn is also strong and durable, even though it feels delicate. It retains both colour and shape well and is a popular choice for special projects that require both beauty and function.

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What is silk yarn?

Silk gives yarns a soft, light and luxurious feel with a beautiful natural lustre. Many yarns contain silk along with other fibres such as mohair, merino or alpaca wool to combine comfort and strength. A popular choice is Drops Kid Silk which is a blend of mohair wool and silk. Silk yarn is popular for lightweight sweaters, shawls and exclusive knitting projects. At JOMR you will also find Gentle soap Suitable for silk and wool in particular. This comes in handy if you knit or crochet jumpers and sweaters with silk yarn.

Finished knitted items give a light and elegant fleecy look.
Kid Silk yarn is also suitable for knitting scarves, hats and mittens.

If you knit silk yarn with multiple colours, the colours almost blend together in the finished knitted product, giving a beautiful tone-on-tone graduated colour result.

Is silk yarn soft?

Yes, silk is known for its smooth and soft texture.

Can silk yarn be washed?

Silk yarn can be washed, but it must be done gently and with a suitable soap. We have e.g. KA Almgrens laundry soap which is great for washing both silk and wool.

What is silk yarn used for?

Silk yarn is often used for light and luxurious projects like shawls and fine sweaters. Kid Silk blend is also popular as a trailing yarn that adds a puffy, fluffy quality to the finished piece.