I keep getting hits to wormspit.com from a NeverWinterNights forum. Does anybody know what this is? http://nwn.bioware.com/guilds_registry/viewtopic.html?topic=226187&forum=3561&gid=2226&sp=90 I’m just curious what they’re saying about the site!
I got interviewed for a Fiber Cast episode – http://fiberarts.typepad.com/fibercast/ We talk for about twenty minutes about silk, silkworms, sericulture… I’m excited; I think it turned out well.
I used the remaining warp from Nick and Cerra’s handfasting ribbon to make my Pakistani friend Harry a bookmark.
This is a project that I’ve been fiddling with for quite a while. I finally got it finished up, blocked, pressed, and gifted the week before Christmas. The photos have been hanging out in the camera since then – finally, all the *other* holiday business is done, so I got a chance to fiddle with […]
I know this is off the beaten path for my journal – nothing to do with Dreamland or the textile arts – but I think there are probably a lot of folks on my Friends List who would enjoy this link as much as I have! Green Linnet is a site that sells Celtic music […]
I’ve found someone (actually, he found me!) who makes authentic old-style tied fishing flies. I’ve read references to the use of silk gut – WARNING: silkworm gut is exactly what it sounds like! in them, but no clear detailed information on how it’s actually put together. These are some photos of a fly-in-progress by Paul […]
I made this for my new nephew. On the wise advice of a friend at work, I made another one in a coordinating color for my neice, so that there wouldn’t be issues about Who Got A Present. The yarn is called “Velvet Touch.” I got it from another knitter at a garage sale. 100% […]
I’m going to be reeling silk at the State Fair of Texas! I’ll be there each Sunday and Monday for the run of the Fair *except* for Monday, October 3. I’m on at 2 PM at the Texas Discovery Gardens. Here’s some press about it: http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2005-09-29/calendar/seebeseen.html The Observer did some “creative fact-finding” and added some […]
I finally got around to making a page of silkworm food. No, I haven’t tasted it, yet. I did try a single worm one time, out of the reeling bath; it tasted like a bug.
Something that I’ve been thinking about, and would love some input on – when do you call yourself a “professional” with your avocations/hobbies? I was filling out entry blanks for a State Fair this morning, and I had to decide whether to enter in the “Adult (Amateur)” or the “Professional/Teacher” categories. I’m having some internal […]