The silk goods of America: a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States . ting-silk will takethe place of the proverbial green lion on a red ground in Berlin wool,it is of course impossible to say ; at present the new diversion is growingin favor rapidly. The material is soft and fine, somewhat like embroiderysilk, and slightly twisted. It is wound on spools, but so amply that theylook more like balls. A box of these contains a large variety of colorsand delicate shades. This silk is to be knitted with the ordinary knittingneedles, and many B
The silk goods of America: a brief account of the recent improvements and advances of silk manufacture in the United States . ting-silk will takethe place of the proverbial green lion on a red ground in Berlin wool,it is of course impossible to say ; at present the new diversion is growingin favor rapidly. The material is soft and fine, somewhat like embroiderysilk, and slightly twisted. It is wound on spools, but so amply that theylook more like balls. A box of these contains a large variety of colorsand delicate shades. This silk is to be knitted with the ordinary knittingneedles, and many Boston ladies have become very expert in the perform-ance. As the labor of knitting is not to be accounted, it will be easilyseen that a neat article for a present can thus be made at small expenseto the giver; about two ounces of silk, costing perhaps $ to $,serving for a pair of stockings that could not be purchased ready-made atless than $5 to $8. We foresee a time when a favorite clergyman will beprovided by his flock with stockings as well as slippers. - 1 *#£(*.-SBi THE SILK GOODS OF AMERICA. V . XL Silk Laces. HE manufacture of silk lace is so recent in this countrythat its whole history nearly falls within the ten-yearperiod which we have arbitrarily taken for business has, however, in a single instance ex-panded sufficiently to give employment to some hun-dreds of working-people. Their labor is light so far asmuscular effort is concerned, but requires dexterity,good eyes, and assiduous care. A large amount ofdamage may be effected in a few seconds by carelessness or raw silk used in making lace must be of the most uniform charac-ter, and hence a preference is given to that which has passed muster inthe conditioning houses of Europe. According to the kind of lace to bemade, the thread has to be of a definite thickness, which ranges for dif-ferent laces from singles or merely doubled cocoon-threads, up tosubstantial silk yarns. The raw
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