Herding Cats
The Eri babies are doing well. They are quite a bit different from the Bombyx cats, which is making them intriguing and also challenging.
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Entries by Michael
Eclosion!
Well, I have Eri babies! The eggs arrived on Saturday. They began to hatch out this morning.
Saturniids
Well, I’ve decided to take my silk hobby to the next level… I’m going to try to raise giant silkmoths. The Bombyx mori that I’ve been rearing so far, are tiny, tame, and totally flightless – the wild silkmoths are exquisitely beautiful, strong fliers, and really, really HUGE…
Chris's ribbon – finally!
This project has kind of stymied my loom for the past few months. It’s OK, though – I have been so busy knitting that I really haven’t noticed. I decided to finish this up for Valentine’s Day for Chris. If you look closely, you can see that the peacock feather (which is my symbol for […]
Reeling Silk
This is a little photo-journal of the silk reeling process as I do it. I’ve raised silkworms for three years now, and this is how you go about getting the cocoons turned into thread.
Coronet Hat: finished!
Got some time this afternoon and got the coronet hat finished! It was just a little bit loose/big, but after blocking and drying (okay, and some time in Microwave Time Out…) it fits fine.
Coronet WIP; knitting on planes
Howdy all! I just got back from a fantastic trip to the Grammys! I took my current project, and got a lot done on it. It’s Knitty’s “Coronet,” designed by the talented and gracious artichaut who was so kind as to answer my questions about adapting the pattern for my handspun. I had an excellent […]
MORE Hott FelTiNG, now with COLORS!
Howdy all! Well, I am exceptionally pleased with the swatching! I did a swatch for felted intarsia, using the Rainbow of Wooly Flavors.
Taste the Rainbow of Wool Flavors….
Okay, so I want to experiment with color in felting. And all the sources I have read, stress the fact that for color-work like intarsia and Fair Isle/Nordic to felt up evenly, it has to be the exact same wool, preferably the same brand. I was at the Goodwill sweater-diving again, and found a beautiful […]
Little Red Bobble Bag
Howdy! This post is mostly instructions on how I made the little red bag; it’s like the big red bag, only, little. With surface texture and BOBBLES! They felt up so CUTE! The images are all medium-sized, but there are a lot, so it may take a while to load. Now,