I tried spinning silk matawas this after noon and I didn't enjoy it. The instructions I had read advised scrubbing ones' hands with a sugar scrub. My hands felt so soft after the sugar and olive oil rub, and that was nice. However, The silk catches on everything. The stubble on my legs, my housemate's shoes... Everything.
My rhythm of spinning yarn did not work with the silk. I had difficulty pre drafting because I drafted too thin and then got tangled. I had a hard time spinning consistently.
Eventually, I settled into something that kind of worked: I took one layer of the hankie, stretched it out, and pre drafted it the length of my arms- about 5.5 feet.
I think I spun about half the hankie. I'll post pictures later.
