Ecdysis: the third skins
The silkworms are changing skins again!
Waiting for the skin to split…
more photos, and the Worms Go Vertical!
Archive for year: 2004
Silk skeins
These are the skeins that go with my ribbon entry. This allows it to qualify in both the “Handwoven” and “Handspun” categories – the stone disc beads are to keep the tiny things from getting lost or blown off the table! Each skein is three to six yards of 110-cocoon reeled filament silk. My favorite is the ecru, for the way it shines.
Silk Season ribbon
This is one of two projects that I’m entering into our local Handweavers and Handspinners Guild. It’s called Silk Season. 100% silk, with all colors but red and black being my hand-reeled silk. I apologize for the weirdly blurry pictures; the red was driving the camera crazy.
They grow so fast!
Many of the tiny kegos have lost their hairiness and more than doubled in size.
And they’re chewing their leaves into lace!
silkworm management… the paintbrush
When you need to move a tiny kego from place to place, like when you give them new leaves and need to get them off of the old ones… a paintbrush is the best tool.
Kego surprise!
Wow, that was fast!
I took the Bombyx mori eggs out of cold storage on the 17th. Their typical time to hatch is 10 to 14 days. Apparently, there were some who didn’t read the manual! tiny, tiny baby worms!
Brocade weaving, and Eri cocoons!
The brocade project I’m going to enter in the Dallas Handspinners and Handweavers Guild. It’ll be two mulberry bushes like this one (one on the other end, mirroring this) and a quote from Emily Dickinson, “A little madness ** in the Spring” with a silkworm, a moth, and a cocoon in the spot where the ** is.
closeup, and silkworms spinning!