So, I spun more soy silk today. A lesson in extreme frustration. Every time I stopped, the single would completely fall apart. I thought maybe the tension was off, or perhaps it was just difficult to find the “sweet spot” in it, but it happened no matter what I tried to do.
Finally, I stopped, took out the worm silk, and tried that. I figured, since my challenge was to spin real silk, I should try just spinning it to see how it comes out.
I spun nice and tight, and it held together really well. I’m guessing that the soy silk was just more difficult than I’m used to.
Also, thanks to Cheryl for pointing out wormspit.com. Excellent site, and I hadn’t seen it before, even when I was learning how to tablet weave!