We had feral cat kittens last year. We did all the Right Things – we handled the kittens, we took the mommas to KittiCo to get fixed, we placed ten of the eleven kittens, and we kept one. We started leaving food out on the back porch for the momma kitties – because it didn’t […]
This is a bit of an in-joke… there are a few people who will understand it. I made this as a gift for one of my online mentors. I based the graph on a photo of a red salamander that I found on Dartfrog. The ribbon is woven of 50-weight sewing thread; I bought it […]
The Fall issue of is up! I’ve got an article on Silk Reeling and one on Tussah Silk! Y’all check it out!
I finally finished up the name tag pieces! More details here
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Originally published at WormSpit. You can comment here or there. These are some ribbons that I’ve been working on. They’re not pressed or hemmed yet, but I just had to share! The gold and black is 50-weight sewing silk; I dyed the yellow, the black I bought that way. The brocade is all silk that […]
Gotta share with y’all – I’m very proud of my new baby gimme spools! see, it’s got all my info, like a silky business card! The red and green are (appx.) 10 yards of embroidery floss… the creamy ones are LOTS (100 yards?) of raw silk filament.
Originally published at WormSpit. You can comment here or there. I’ve been working at getting ready for SOAR next month. One of the things that I absolutely have to have, is cool, small presents – I’ve always found that I make wonderful new friends at events like this, and I want to give them little […]
I’ve set up a new blog. It was tough – WordPress and GoDaddy are apparently famous for not getting along. But, finally after much finagling, I have my blog on wormspit.com. MY NEW BLOG! So… y’all go and check it out! The archives are a transfer from my LiveJournal, so that’s nothing new – just […]
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/20/silk-lens-optics.html I usually report on the silk stuff that I’m doing, myself – but this one is too cool not to mention! If I’m reading it right, they’re using an aqueous solution of sericin. If so, it might even be possible to extract the stuff, and still have the silk for textile (or other) use.