Luxurious Silk

Of course, I shopped yarn on my trip. My stash is quite big but there is always something new that catches my eye. To look at, to feel and to shop yarn is one of my biggest pleasures. The colours and the qualities make me forget about time and space and pictures of creations start to show up for my mind's eye.
This time it was about silk. I want to knit a nice top for summer and here's the yarn.

Luxury from Filatura di Crosa

The yarn is in 100% Shappe silk which is a carded silk with 3-5% sericin, i.e. silk adhesive, left in the fiber. Sericin is a sought after raw material in the cosmetic industry where it's used in creams. The silk fiber is, as wool, both warming and cooling. Silk consists of the same substances as the skin and is very comfortable and pleasant to wear.

The yarn is purchased in Le Comptoir, a little charming yarnshop in Paris.