The Lendrum has made it SO MUCH EASIER to produce sewing thread. This is a three-ply tightly twisted organzine. I’m using three filaments per ply, and it’s making up to about the weight of Size C from Belding Corticelli; I hope to be able to make some Size A as well, for finer weaving. This […]
Originally published at WormSpit. You can comment here or there. I found this item on Ebay a while back, and have been finding more and more of its information. This photo isn’t of the individual piece that I got (it’s from another site that had one on offer) but it’s identical. from the seller’s description: […]
Originally published at WormSpit. You can comment here or there. These are quills of organzine that I’m sending to a friend of mine who makes lace. In each photo, they are in order from left to right: 2×2, 3×2, 4×2, and 3×3. Read the rest of this entry »
Originally published at WormSpit. You can comment here or there. I found out that I can do this in the course of a (longish) evening: That’s a bobbin full of four-strand tram. I can do the tram much faster, because it’s twisted about five times per inch, instead of 20. This is going to be […]
Originally published at WormSpit. You can comment here or there. That’s an ounce and a half of three-ply organzine singles… tightly twisted from three filaments, about 20 twists per inch. I’m curious to see what I end up with, length-wise; mathematically, it ought to be about three thousand yards. With the high speed wheel, it […]
Originally published at WormSpit. You can comment here or there. and then you skein, and then degum… and then you get organzine! Here’s a comparison of the 4×2 and the 2×2… they’re not all that different, until you start working them up in larger amounts – and then the weight of the fabric shows. While […]
Originally published at WormSpit. You can comment here or there. I’m making more organzine…. this time, for bobbin lace and sewing. Read the rest of this entry »
If you set the caterpillars up on a surface where they can’t find a corner, they’ll make this stuff. It doesn’t hurt them, although it probably frustrates their instincts. After spinning out their silk, they turn into a healthy pupa. This is the surface of the paper. One of the things I learned from the […]
Originally published at WormSpit. You can comment here or there. I borrowed a friend’s Lendrum wheel (Thanks, Christina!) and did some throwing. The Lendrum’s high-speed head allowed me to get good fine twist, something that had been a problem previously. All told, this is just over 400 yards of 40d4×2 organzine. Read the rest of […]
Originally published at WormSpit. You can comment here or there. This Friday, February 20, I’m going to be at the Crow Collection of Asian Art. I do a lot of demos there, but this one’s a little different – they’re doing a joint presentation with the Dallas Museum of Art’s Late Night program. So people […]