tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post7814360699034401844..comments2022-10-25T19:31:57.617+01:00Comments on Dot's fibre to fabric: Thrown silk - and the Macclesfield Silk IndustryDorothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-29416185751960276882008-05-11T22:47:00.000+01:002008-05-11T22:47:00.000+01:00Historic silk mills are a bit classier than histor...Historic silk mills are a bit classier than historic jute mills, which is what we have up here! However, I find all our textile heritage fascinating, and I guess I will have to find my way to Macclesfield sooner or later...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-67154869816626754102008-05-11T19:07:00.000+01:002008-05-11T19:07:00.000+01:00Thanks for your query Helen. There's a descriptio...Thanks for your query Helen. There's a description of throwsters waste on Carol Weymar's web site, scroll down to the bottom of this page:<BR/><BR/>http://www.thesilkworker.com/thefiberholicsguidetosilk/id4.html<BR/><BR/>She says at least as much here as any of my books. My understanding is that <BR/>it's anything and everything that the throwster discards in the process of <BR/>throwing silk Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-7138893674959830182008-05-10T23:11:00.000+01:002008-05-10T23:11:00.000+01:00Hi Dorothy that is such an interesting report on s...Hi Dorothy that is such an interesting report on spinning. Am I right then in thinking that throwsters waste comes from throwing silk? I was always a bit puzzled about how it was produced as sometimes it seems like fine threads and sometimes like spun yarnHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05597640040480685246noreply@blogger.com