About Our Yarns
All of our yarns are made of organic 100% spun silk. This is natural silk made by Bombyx silk moths. Our supplier is certified organic.
Our yarns are hand-dyed in California.
The embroidery flosses are sold in pull skeins. If you are holding the skein so the label is right-side up, you should be able to pull from the left side.
Yarns sold for weaving or knitting are sold in 100g balls. Length depends on yarn type.
Colors can be searched on this site by color name or number. All of our nearly 200 colors are available in all yarn styles, even if we haven’t specifically listed every combination yet. If you would like something not specifically listed, just use the Contact Us form to request it.
Technical specifications (in decending size order):
| Bombyx Symphony (140/2*20 Yarn Structure) | |||||||||||
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Forty individual strands of gauge 140, plied in pairs, then twenty pairs plied together. While it would be possible to separate the twenty plies to use separately for embroidery, they would be quite small.
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| Bombyx Six (54/2*6 Yarn Structure) | |||||||||||
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There are six separable strands for embroidery purposes, each of which is two-ply. It is similar in size to the major brands of six-strand cotton floss. Bombyx Six is a bit fluffier than Bombyx Symphony. |
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| Bombyx Unity (18/3 Yarn Structure) | |||||||||||
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There are three plies, each of which is gauge 18. This is intended to be non-separable for embroidery purposes. |
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| Bombyx Finer (33/3 Yarn Structure) | |||||||||||
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A pretty small three-ply yarn, not separable. It is similar in size to an extra fine size 30 crochet thread. |
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| Bombyx Thread (100/3 Yarn Structure) | |||||||||||
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A 100/3 thread, the size of sewing machine thread. Sold on 100 yard spools rather than 8 yard skeins. |
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| Bombyx Sliver | |||||||||||
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Untwisted silk fiber for spinning or other uses. Sold in 100g quantities. |
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Dyes
We use mostly Dharma Trading Company acid dyes. Some of our color names are the same as the Dharma names, used with permission. Some names are different.
A single dye can yield several different shades. Knowing which colors are part of the same dye family of shades can be quite useful, particularly if you are trying to design anything with a single color gradient. Short version- if the first three digits of the color number are the same, they are made from the same dye. The last digit shows the depth of shade.